Here is one possible way: su user -c "/path/to/command"
where user is who you want the process to run as. -Rob On Thu, Jan 11, 2001 at 10:57:19AM -0500, Dahiroc, Patrick wrote: > is it possible to have processes brought up via inittab not to be owned by > root? i would like some user processes automatically brought up on boot-up > and automatically respawned, but i want the process to be owned by a > non-root user. i'm aware that daemontools and the like can do this for me, > but i would prefer to use inittab directly. > > thanks > > -- > Patrick Dahiroc > Tel: 301-767-1565 > Armillaire Technologies Inc. > > > -- > To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]