How to launch a program as a defined user at startup.

Linux.tar.gz · 03-20-2005, 06:32 AM

Ex.: I push the power button on a no keyboard/no screen PC, and after the system boots, a quake 3 server is launched by the q3 user, an Unreal server by the ut user, a ftp by the ftp user... All that with ONE finger.
Thanks.

odious1 · 03-20-2005, 07:47 AM

i don't know how you would map this to a key stroke but you could certainly write a script that would start all these servers. setting the uid bit on all the binaries would ensure that ran under the users you define.

hope that helps

tom

Linux.tar.gz · 03-20-2005, 11:28 AM

The ONE finger is the one which press the power button ^^.
Thanks for the uid tip, but i look for another way. Some kind of rc.users.services .