Re: Running a script from /etc/ip-up.d

To: Christian Dysthe <cdysthe@bigfoot.com>
Cc: debian-user <debian-user@lists.debian.org>
Subject: Re: Running a script from /etc/ip-up.d
From: John Hasler <john@dhh.gt.org>
Date: 13 Apr 1999 13:31:52 -0500
Message-id: <[🔎] 87hfqkxtgn.fsf@hasler.dhh>
In-reply-to: Christian Dysthe's message of "Tue, 13 Apr 1999 10:48:27 -0500 (CDT)"
References: <[🔎] E10X5QJ-0003Ha-00@oddbird>

> #! /bin/sh
> fetchmail -f /home/cdysthe/.fetchmailrc

> However, if I put it in /etc/ip-up.d they do not work as intended: I can
> see the fetchamil process start as soon as I am connected, but fetchmail
> won't collect mail in this case. It just hangs there inactive.

In ip-up.d it is being run as root, not as cdysthe.  Try

su -c fetchmail cdysthe

This will run the fetchmail command as 'cdysthe'.
-- 
John Hasler
john@dhh.gt.org (John Hasler)
Dancing Horse Hill
Elmwood, WI

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