Date: Sat, 20 Jan 2007 00:03:28 +0100 From: "Martin Tournoij" <carpetsmoker@carpetsmoker.net> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Cc: don.munyak@gmail.com Subject: Re: startup script with non-root user Message-ID: <20070119230328.GA33379@phong.carpetsmoker.net> In-Reply-To: <6207f7d90701191429x4ce667afyf4cf53d9388c7381@mail.gmail.com> References: <6207f7d90701191429x4ce667afyf4cf53d9388c7381@mail.gmail.com>
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On Fri, Jan 19, 2007 at 05:30:00PM -0500, Don Munyak wrote: > Hello, > > I have an application I'd like to startup at boot, however, the script > needs to be started by a non-user account. > > If I put the startup script in /usr/local/etc/rc.d/hobbit.sh > > How do I get it to start using the user account 'hobbit' > > Thanks > _______________________________________________ > 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" -- But like the Good Book says... There's BIGGER DEALS to come! You can use su, a very simple example: script.sh: su carpetsmoker startup.sh startup.sh: echo "Hello, I am now running as user "carpetsmoker" set See the su man page for more information Hope this helps. Martin
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