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From: Nathan Kinkade <nkinkade@ub.edu.bz>
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On Thu, Jan 06, 2005 at 08:05:41AM -0600, J.D. Bronson wrote:
> I have a daemon that I need to start at boot under
> /usr/local/etc/rc.d
>=20
> and I need it to run as a specific user.
>=20
> Currently, from root, I su - {userid} and then launch it
> and then log out.
>=20
> Can I make this automated in /usr/local/etc/rc.d and if so how?
>=20
> Thanks :)
>=20
> -JEFF

You can use su(1) to do this, too.  Look into the -c option.  So,
someting in your script like:

su someuser -c "/usr/bin/someprogram"

=2E.. should do what you need.

Nathan

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