Date: Fri, 20 Mar 1998 14:58:41 -0600 (CST) From: "Matthew D. Fuller" <fullermd@futuresouth.com> To: derek laufenberg <laufen@wi.net> Cc: freebsd questions <FreeBSD-questions@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: Re: starting a server at boot Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.3.96.980320142440.20071h-100000@shell.futuresouth.com> In-Reply-To: <Pine.BSF.3.96.980320124408.1319A-100000@chardonnay.vineyard>
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On Fri, 20 Mar 1998, derek laufenberg wrote:
> This is a basic unix question, but I dont know the normal way this is
> done. After bootup I want to start a series of network daemons.
> I'd like to start them from rc.local, but I don't want this stuff running
> as root.
>
> What is the standard BSD (if there is one) way to do this sort of thing?
> I thought about using inetd, but this software was not designed for
> that kind of use. It may work - I'm trying it now.
The 'Right Way' (from man su):
EXAMPLES
su man -c catman
Runs the command catman as user man. You will be asked for man's
password unless your real UID is 0.
su man -c 'catman /usr/share/man /usr/local/man /usr/X11R6/man'
Same as above, but the target command constitutes of more than a
single word.
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