How to run startup script/daemon as a user other than root?

Akhran · 02-03-2006, 04:35 PM

Suppose I have a script or daemon to run as runlevel 2 upon booting up, how do I configure the daemon to run as userA (assuming userA is not the owner of the file)? Do I need to su as userA after logon and restart the daemon / script each time after the system reboot so that it will run as userA?

Thanks for the help !

bogoda · 02-03-2006, 06:11 PM

hi Akhran,

Try to search inside Linux-newbie forum using keyword Daemon.I also found some threads reguarding ur problem in the past.At that time i was not interested in it.Try u will find a answer easily.

Good Luck.

bo

Akhran · 02-04-2006, 01:20 AM

Just an update... from reading the man file for update-rc.d, I gather that I can get a script to run with sequence number 20 at runlevel 2, 3, 4, 5 with

Code:

update-rc.d script start 20 2 3 4 5

However, where to I add in the 'su command' for the script to run as a user besides root?

In the meantime, I'll continue to search through the newbie forum as suggested, but any help would be greatly appreciated.

Thanks !