[SOLVED] Re: Execute startup script as

2010-04-11 Thread Mats-Gøran Karlsen
On 10. apr. 2010, at 17.16, Christian Weisgerber wrote: > Mats-Gxran Karlsen wrote: > >> I'm trying to create a startup script that executes the transmission-daemon as >> a regular user. > >> /usr/bin/sudo -u $USERNAME -p $PASSWD $DAEMON -g $CONFIGDIR > You are going about this the wrong way. s

Re: Execute startup script as

2010-04-10 Thread Rod Whitworth
On Sat, 10 Apr 2010 22:27:06 -0500, Abel Abraham Camarillo Ojeda wrote: >> You are going about this the wrong way. sudo(8) is primarily >> designed to give additional priviledges to an unpriviledged user. >> You want to use su(1): >> >> su $USERNAME -c $DAEMON -g $CONFIGDIR >> >> -- >> Christian

Re: Execute startup script as

2010-04-10 Thread Abel Abraham Camarillo Ojeda
na...@mips.inka.de (Christian Weisgerber) wrote: > Mats-Gxran Karlsen wrote: > > > I'm trying to create a startup script that executes the transmission-daemon > > as > > a regular user. > > > /usr/bin/sudo -u $USERNAME -p $PASSWD $DAEMON -g $CONFIGDIR > > You are going about this the wrong way.

Re: Execute startup script as

2010-04-10 Thread Owain Ainsworth
On Sat, Apr 10, 2010 at 12:38:25PM +0200, Mats-G?ran Karlsen wrote: > Hello. > > I'm running a headless OpenBSD server. > > I'm trying to create a startup script that executes the transmission-daemon as > a regular user. > > Details: > > located in /etc/transmission/rc.transmission > > permiss

Re: Execute startup script as

2010-04-10 Thread Christian Weisgerber
Mats-Gxran Karlsen wrote: > I'm trying to create a startup script that executes the transmission-daemon as > a regular user. > /usr/bin/sudo -u $USERNAME -p $PASSWD $DAEMON -g $CONFIGDIR You are going about this the wrong way. sudo(8) is primarily designed to give additional priviledges to an

Re: Execute startup script as

2010-04-10 Thread Jussi Peltola
On Sat, Apr 10, 2010 at 12:38:25PM +0200, Mats-Gxran Karlsen wrote: > -rw-r- 1 root wheel 390 Jul 13 18:30 rc.transmission it's not executable > The following is appended to /etc/rc.conf use rc.conf.local

Execute startup script as

2010-04-10 Thread Mats-Gøran Karlsen
Hello. I'm running a headless OpenBSD server. I'm trying to create a startup script that executes the transmission-daemon as a regular user. Details: located in /etc/transmission/rc.transmission permissions -rw-r- 1 root wheel 390 Jul 13 18:30 rc.transmission Script follows: ---