On 15-Jul-99 Carl Mummert wrote: >> >>start-stop-daemon --start --exec $NEWT /path/to/executable ? > > The sense I get from the manpage is that you should use > > start-stop-daemon --start --user newt --exec /path/to/prog -- -program > -options I tried this after reading the man page and it did not work, so I read the man page again and it seems that --user is intended for use in closing a process, not in starting one. thanks -- Andrew