Re: startup script with non-root user

2007-01-19 Thread Don Munyak 

Thanks so much Martin & Greg. I give these a try.

Don
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Re: startup script with non-root user

2007-01-19 Thread Martin Tournoij 
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
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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
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Re: startup script with non-root user

2007-01-19 Thread Greg Albrecht 

according to rc.subr(8):

${name}_user
  User to run command as, using chroot(8).  if
  ${name}_chroot is set, otherwise uses su(1).  Only
  supported after /usr is mounted.

so in your /etc/rc.conf you could put:

hobbit_enable=YES
hobbit_user="hobbit"


-g

On 19/01/07, Don Munyak <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> 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
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startup script with non-root user

2007-01-19 Thread Don Munyak 

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
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