crontab issue

lappen · 05-21-2004, 10:21 AM

I want irssi to start (as my user not root) everytime as my computer starts up after a crash/reboot whatever so I did this as my user

'crontab -e'
@reboot screen -d -m /usr/local/bin/irssi

Nothing happens after reboot, no new screen and no irssi running, any suggestions?

miknight · 05-24-2004, 02:22 AM

Instead of using a cron, why not put the test and command in your .bashrc file?

lappen · 05-24-2004, 02:47 PM

Quote:

Originally posted by miknight
Instead of using a cron, why not put the test and command in your .bashrc file?

I don't understand how that will help me boot a program as my regular user not root automaticly everytime the computer starts/restars from a reboot or crash??

Tinkster · 05-24-2004, 03:19 PM

You don't want cron for this job .... the easiest way to
achieve what you intend is to add something like

/bin/su - <username>-c "path to irssi-daemon"

to your rc.local...

Cheers,
Tink

lappen · 05-24-2004, 03:46 PM

Thanks worked like a charm, is it possible to do something similar if I wouldn't have root access to a server as a regular user

Tinkster · 05-24-2004, 04:42 PM

Quote:

Originally posted by lappen
Thanks worked like a charm, is it possible to do
something similar if I wouldn't have root access
to a server as a regular user

Not really ... in this case you'd probably want to
go down the alley that miknight suggested ... write
a little shell script that is being initiated from a
.bashrc, checks whether it's already running, and
if it isn't, starts it....

Code:

ps -A | grep irssi
if [ $? != "0" ]; then
<run irssi daemon>
fi

Cheers,
Tink

miknight · 05-24-2004, 06:47 PM

Quote:

Originally posted by lappen
Thanks worked like a charm, is it possible to do something similar if I wouldn't have root access to a server as a regular user

Unless you do the .bashrc thing there's no real way to do it without seriously undermining the security of your system.