On Reboot process not restarting

drkhrse01 · 04-03-2012, 11:12 AM

Running SUSE 10 on z/Linux. We have a ooRexx application that we want running all the time. I want a script so that after a reboot the process starts automatically. Right now after a reboot I logon with the production userid and enter:
rexx MyProcess.REX &

Then I logoff. Our UE has been able to get it to start after reboot but only using root. I don't want this application running as root, I would prefer it run as the production userid, for this example call it z1234.

Any one have any examples I might try?

Thanks,
Brent

TobiSGD · 04-03-2012, 11:15 AM

Add this to your rc.local:

Code:

 su - z1234 -c "rexx MyProcess.REX &"

That should do the job. For more information how to run commands as a different user have a look at

Code:

 man su