On Mon, Dec 17, 2001 at 07:33:13AM +0100, Striegel, Juergen wrote: > I've got another question about that: > what if I want to start an application automatically that don't run as root? > I suggest running an app from inittab or via rc.local the app runs as > root...
>From the inittab, or wherever, run a script which contains exec su username -c "command" > BTW: I hope accessing a device (over the net) that is 'autostarted' in this > way still require a login?? Depends on what processes you leave running. xinetd and it's ilk are customarily started from the rc.d/init.d tree... Cheers, -- jra -- Jay R. Ashworth [EMAIL PROTECTED] Member of the Technical Staff Baylink RFC 2100 The Suncoast Freenet The Things I Think Tampa Bay, Florida http://baylink.pitas.com +1 727 647 1274 "If you don't have a dream; how're you gonna have a dream come true?" -- Captain Sensible, The Damned (from South Pacific's "Happy Talk") -- To unsubscribe from this list, send a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the command "unsubscribe linux-embedded" in the message body. For more information, see <http://waste.org/mail/linux-embedded>.
