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Date:      Thu, 06 Jan 2005 07:56:49 -0800
From:      Tabor Kelly <tkelly-freebsd-questions@taborandtashell.net>
To:        "J.D. Bronson" <jbronson@wixb.com>
Cc:        freebsd-questions@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: 5.3 - starting a process as a diff user
Message-ID:  <41DD5FC1.5050802@taborandtashell.net>
In-Reply-To: <6.2.0.14.2.20050106080413.00c43fe8@cheyenne.wixb.com>
References:  <6.2.0.14.2.20050106080413.00c43fe8@cheyenne.wixb.com>

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J.D. Bronson wrote:
> I have a daemon that I need to start at boot under
> /usr/local/etc/rc.d
> 
> and I need it to run as a specific user.
> 
> Currently, from root, I su - {userid} and then launch it
> and then log out.
> 
> Can I make this automated in /usr/local/etc/rc.d and if so how?

This is what I have in one line of my rc.local:

su -m [user] -c '[command]'

but check the man page first.

-- 

Tabor Kelly
tkelly-freebsd-questions@taborandtashell.net
http://tabor.taborandtashell.net



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