on Mon, Jan 15, 2001 at 05:52:02PM -0900, Ethan Benson (erbenson@alaska.net) wrote:
> On Mon, Jan 15, 2001 at 05:56:52PM -0800, kmself@ix.netcom.com wrote:
> > on Mon, Jan 15, 2001 at 07:55:25PM -0600, Benjamin Pharr (benpharr@freedom2000net.com) wrote:
> > > I need to start up a program (setiathome) as non-root from the startup
> > > scripts. I have access to the scripts, I just want it to run as a regular
> > > user. Can anyone tell me how? Thanks in advance!
> >
> > $ man su
>
> no no, man start-stop-daemon
>
> specifically start-stop-daemon --chuid foo.foo
>
> advantage: no bogus su log entries.
Will you stop being so fscking right all the time!
<vbg>
Thanks, Ethan.
And for the rest of the crowd, this is one of the reasons to:
- Post a response for which you're relatively sure the answer is
usable, if not optimal. You might learn something.
- Why you want to ask questions to the list, not privately. My answer
works. Ethan's is clearly better.
Cheers.
--
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What part of "Gestalt" don't you understand? There is no K5 cabal
http://gestalt-system.sourceforge.net/ http://www.kuro5hin.org
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