Re: rc.boot for regular users

["E.L. Meijer \(Eric\)" <tgakem@sg10.chem.tue.nl>]

> 
> I would like to start fetchmail in daemon mode at boot time
> as a regular user, not as root 
> (I don't want fetchmail sending unresolved eMails to root, but to
> my account)
> 
> Can regular users also have boot scripts ?

I don't think so, but you could use the `setuid' command to run
fetchmail as an ordinary user.  On the other hand, it doesn't seem a
very good idea.  Why don't you just put a .forward file on root's
account?

HTH,
Eric

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