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Date:      Tue, 29 Jun 1999 21:38:04 +0200
From:      Anton Berezin <tobez@plab.ku.dk>
To:        "Ronald 'Ko' Klop" <ronald@node11a94.a2000.nl>
Cc:        freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: permanent nice?
Message-ID:  <19990629213804.D4166@lion.plab.ku.dk>
In-Reply-To: <Pine.BSF.4.05.9906292111210.5404-100000@dlanor.evertsen.nl>; from Ronald 'Ko' Klop on Tue, Jun 29, 1999 at 09:13:35PM %2B0200
References:  <Pine.BSF.4.05.9906292111210.5404-100000@dlanor.evertsen.nl>

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On Tue, Jun 29, 1999 at 09:13:35PM +0200, Ronald 'Ko' Klop wrote:

> Is it possible to make an application start with nice -10 every time
> when you're not root?  Or better can root make an application always
> start with nice -10. Also for the other users on the system?

If you wrote the application or have the source available,

	man 3 nice
	man 2 setpriority

If you don't, you can create a wrapper for the app (and install it
instead of the application, moving the real thing into another location,
if needed), like this one (untested):

	#! /usr/bin/perl -w
	use POSIX;
	POSIX::nice( 10) if $>;  # i.e. if not root
	exec { '/usr/local/bin/application' } @ARGV
	   or print STDERR $!;

-- 
Anton Berezin <tobez@plab.ku.dk>
The Protein Laboratory, University of Copenhagen


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