Startup script on another user

fnadde42 · 06-23-2012, 06:02 AM

Hello forum!
I have searched for this topic but found no good answer. I run a Teamspeak server on my Ubuntu servercomputer which my friends use. But once in a while the power goes down and when it comes back the computer restarts but the Teamspeak server does not.

I wonder if there is a way to execute the start command for the Teamspeak server in the rc.local in a way that makes the user "teamspeak" the one that holds the process .

Teamspeak start command is a little something like this:

Code:

/path/to/teamspeak/ts3server_startscript.sh start

I'm running Ubuntu server 11.10

sleddog · 06-23-2012, 06:38 AM

Perhaps something like this in rc.local

Code:

/usr/bin/sudo -u teamspeak /path/to/teamspeak/ts3server_startscript.sh start

Check the path to sudo...

catkin · 06-23-2012, 01:42 PM

Alternatively, the unconventionalities of ubuntu permitting:

Code:

su --command '/path/to/teamspeak/ts3server_startscript.sh start' --login teamspeak &

Notes:

rc.local is run with root privileges so su can be used without supplying a password.
Using su rather than sudo avoids reliance on the sudoers file.
The --login option simulates what happens when teamspeak logs in. This is useful for example to set environment variables which are set during login but will hang rc.local if teamspeak's login process prompts for user input.
The & ensures that rc.local continues, in case the su or ts startup commands do not return promptly.