On Saturday 14 February 2004 03:01 am, Uwe Doering wrote: > matthew wrote: > > On Fri, 13 Feb 2004, Louis LeBlanc wrote: > >>[...] > >>So, how can I get a process to run automatically on startup for an > >>unprivileged user? > > > > cd /usr/local/etc/rc.d > > > > make a small sh script like so: > > > > #!/bin/sh > > su username -c "command" > > For scripts in '/usr/local/etc/rc.d' one should stick to the required > semantics. That is, in this particular case you need to make sure that > it only runs on startup and not a second time on shutdown. Like so: > > ------------------------ cut here ------------------------ > #!/bin/sh > > case "$1" in > start) > su username -c "command" > ;; > stop) > ;; > esac > ------------------------ cut here ------------------------ > > Also, keep in mind that the script's name requires a suffix of '.sh', or > else the system won't execute it automatically. > > Uwe
I think you could also setuid for that user to the shell script. -- Eric F Crist AdTech Integrated Systems, Inc (612) 998-3588
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