On Fri, Jan 19, 2007 at 05:30:00PM -0500, Don Munyak wrote: > Hello, > > I have an application I'd like to startup at boot, however, the script > needs to be started by a non-user account. > > If I put the startup script in /usr/local/etc/rc.d/hobbit.sh > > How do I get it to start using the user account 'hobbit' > > Thanks > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"
-- But like the Good Book says... There's BIGGER DEALS to come! You can use su, a very simple example: script.sh: su carpetsmoker startup.sh startup.sh: echo "Hello, I am now running as user "carpetsmoker" set See the su man page for more information Hope this helps. Martin _______________________________________________ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"