I found a way to do it:
su - $user -c "env -i USER=${user} HOME=/../.. SHELL=/bin/bash PATH=/.../..
<program command>"
Michael Martinez
CSREES/ISTM/USDA
(202) 720-6223
-----Original Message-----
From: Steven W. Orr [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
Sent: Thursday, December 26, 2002 12:34 PM
To: Martinez, Michael - CSREES/ISTM
Cc: '[EMAIL PROTECTED]'
Subject: RE: how to run a start up script as a non-privledged user?
On Thu, 26 Dec 2002, Martinez, Michael - CSREES/ISTM wrote:
=>Unfortunately "su -c cmd user" does not work for me. Some errors arise due
=>to the fact that the user's environment is not passed to the "cmd"
program.
=>My "cmd" program needs to inherit the user's login environment.
=>
=>For the same reason, setting the program setuid does not work either.
=>
=>As far as cron goes, how would you set cron to start the process after
each
=>system reboot?
I have a the fetchmail service started for me at boot in rc.local
su -l sorr -c fetchmail # Start the fetchmail daemon
If I needed special environment stuff I would either add it to my
.bash_profile or change the command a la
su -l sorr -c 'V1=val1 V2=val2 fetchmail'
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