On Mon, 13 Nov 2006 11:22:07 +0000, Steve [Gentoo] wrote: > While system-level services are typically managed by /etc/init.d/* in > Gentoo, these are maintained by root for all users. I'm interested in > an end-user without root access who wants to 'run a service-like > process' (for example, fectmail to poll remote accounts...) While an > end user can easily run a daemon process or kill one, this doesn't > persist across a reboot. I've tried using fcron to schedule user > processes to re-start after a re-boot... but this feels like a hack.
I use /etc/conf.d/local.start for this; e.g. su myuser -c "command --some-arguments" & -- Neil Bothwick */ \* <- Tribbles having a swordfight
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