dan...@pocock.com.au said:
> If you look at my script, you will see that the freevo process is  started as
> the user `freevo' using the su command, so it does not get to  keep the root
> privileges of gdm 


I guess we're not looking at the same thing. Where is the su'ing done?

$ grep -r su  /tmp/freevo-1.8.2/boot/*
/tmp/freevo-1.8.2/boot/boot_config:# a log used to catch errors when freevo 
startsup
/tmp/freevo-1.8.2/boot/boot_config:# needed, Freevo will start a X server on 
its own. Make sure your X
/tmp/freevo-1.8.2/boot/freevo:        echo -n "Hard kill to be sure: "
/tmp/freevo-1.8.2/boot/gentoo-conf.d:# Before using this, make sure your 
settings in /etc/freevo are correct.
/tmp/freevo-1.8.2/boot/gentoo-conf.d:# needed, Freevo will start a X server on 
its own. Make sure your X
/tmp/freevo-1.8.2/boot/recordserver:# and edited to suit your needs.
/tmp/freevo-1.8.2/boot/recordserver_init:# and edited to suit your needs.
/tmp/freevo-1.8.2/boot/webserver:# and edited to suit your needs.
/tmp/freevo-1.8.2/boot/webserver_init:# and edited to suit your needs.


dan...@pocock.com.au said:
> The Debian packages implement recordserver and webserver as daemons -  have
> you had a look at that? 

You're referring to stuff that lives in debian repos, or something else? I'll 
have to track them down somehow. I'm on gentoo myself.

-Anders 


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