On Tue, Sep 21, 2010 at 12:35:57AM +0530, Yohan Pereira wrote: > > But there is one more thing. Cron executes the 'fetchmail' command listed > > in my crontab list irrespective of whether I am logged in or not. But it > > executes the vlc command only if I am logged in. > > > > Is there any way I can make cron play the song (either with vlc or any > > other program) even without me being logged in? > > <stupid, easy, security issue, solution> > run it as root?
Either that or setup auto log-in - which is the better of the two devils? -- Regards, Nitesh Mistry www.mistrynitesh.com PGP key id: CC580416
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