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Date:      Thu, 06 Jan 2005 08:05:41 -0600
From:      "J.D. Bronson" <jbronson@wixb.com>
To:        freebsd-questions@freebsd.org
Subject:   5.3 - starting a process as a diff user
Message-ID:  <6.2.0.14.2.20050106080413.00c43fe8@cheyenne.wixb.com>

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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?

Thanks :)

-JEFF



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