Date: Sat, 14 Feb 2004 11:55:26 -0500 From: Louis LeBlanc <freebsd@keyslapper.org> To: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: startup daemon as unpriviliged user Message-ID: <20040214165526.GB56805@keyslapper.org> In-Reply-To: <000a01c3f296$7f60eaa0$0200000a@redline> References: <20040214004739.GD650@keyslapper.org> <000a01c3f296$7f60eaa0$0200000a@redline>
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Bingo! Thanks a bunch! I'll check out gettytab too, but the @reboot is exactly what I needed for this. Lou On 02/13/04 08:04 PM, Craig Reyenga sat at the `puter and typed: > man 5 crontab -- check out "@reboot" > > Or, for something crazy, man gettytab; you can autologin on a tty and then > use a shell script to do all kinds of fun things. I used to run X without > xdm that way. > > Hope this helps. > > -Craig > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Louis LeBlanc" <freebsd@keyslapper.org> > To: "FreeBSD Questions" <freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.org> > Sent: Friday, February 13, 2004 7:47 PM > Subject: startup daemon as unpriviliged user > > > > Hey everyone. Here's a general question for you. > > > > I have a FreeBSD 4.8 system that runs fetchmail for me as an > > unprivileged everyday userid. The problem is that the machine isn't > > on the most reliable powergrid one could hope for. > > > > So when the system comes back up after going down, I ALWAYS forget > > that I have to get fetchmail restarted. If I forget for too long, > > there's so much mail it blows the server that receives the mail into > > oblivion (also FreeBSD 4.8, running Sendmail, Cyrus Imapd, and the > > main culprit, Spamassassin - spamd). This is so bad that I often have > > to reboot the receiving system. > > > > So, how can I get a process to run automatically on startup for an > > unprivileged user? > > > > Thanks. > > Lou > > -- > > Louis LeBlanc leblanc@keyslapper.org > > Fully Funded Hobbyist, KeySlapper Extrordinaire :) > > http://www.keyslapper.org ԿԬ > > > > The clearest way into the Universe is through a forest wilderness. > > -- John Muir > > _______________________________________________ > > freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list > > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions > > To unsubscribe, send any mail to > "freebsd-questions-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" > > > > -- Louis LeBlanc leblanc@keyslapper.org Fully Funded Hobbyist, KeySlapper Extrordinaire :) http://www.keyslapper.org ԿԬ ignisecond, n: The overlapping moment of time when the hand is locking the car door even as the brain is saying, "my keys are in there!" -- Rich Hall, "Sniglets"
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