Alex Malinovich <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > How can I set the effective UID for a shell script? I've got a > script which checks if xscreensaver is running and if not, starts it > and then activates it. However, the script always gets run as root > (it's being run as an APM script). This doesn't work if I'm logged > in as myself since xscreensaver will think it's dealing with root.
This sounds very similar to the case of running the screensaver over your display manager; have you read the section "USING XDM(1)" in xscresnaver(1)? (Is it helpful?) -- David Maze [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://people.debian.org/~dmaze/ "Theoretical politics is interesting. Politicking should be illegal." -- Abra Mitchell -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
