<snip> unless, i get this going, i cannot run my mail server. how will i run this script at my machine startup as amavis user. and each time, i cannot manually do this. its a pain.
arvind </snip> Aravind, You could put in a line like this in your rc.local file. su - $USERNAME -c $COMMAND Obviously you will have to replace $USERNAME and $COMMAND with the right values. $COMMAND could be in inverted commas if more than one word or if parameters have to be passed. Regards, Linux Rockz ------------------------------------------------------- Sponsored by: ThinkGeek at http://www.ThinkGeek.com/ _______________________________________________ linux-india-help mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/linux-india-help