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  From: Charles Williams \(CEO\) <hosting.mailing.list.account@acnshosting.com>
  To  : Khai Dao <saigon_ca@yahoo.com>
  Date: Wed, 6 Jun 2001 17:16:57 +0200

Re: /etc/rc2.d

np have fun

chuck

----- Original Message -----
From: "Khai Dao" <saigon_ca@yahoo.com>
To: "Charles Williams (CEO)" <hosting.mailing.list.account@acnshosting.com>
Cc: <linuxsa@linuxsa.org.au>
Sent: Wednesday, June 06, 2001 4:55 PM
Subject: Re: /etc/rc2.d


> thanks. It works well.
> K.d.
>
> --- "Charles Williams (CEO)"
> <hosting.mailing.list.account@acnshosting.com> wrote:
> >
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: "Khai Dao" <saigon_ca@yahoo.com>
> > To: "Charles Williams (CEO)"
> > <hosting.mailing.list.account@acnshosting.com>
> > Cc: <linuxsa@linuxsa.org.au>
> > Sent: Tuesday, June 05, 2001 10:17 PM
> > Subject: Re: /etc/rc2.d
> >
> >
> > > Actually I have written the script to turn on netscape
> > > server at boot time.  I have a web application and I
> > want
> > > it turn on the web application  at boot time . The
> > daemon
> > > runs as regular user.
> > > to switch user id at boot time, which command is that
> > > chmod +s ?
> >
> > Here is a sample from my httpd startup script I use at
> > boot.
> >
> > su - httpd --command="nohup
> > ${TOMCAT_HOME}/bin/startup.sh
> > >>${TOMCAT_HOME}/logs/t3.2_jk $
> >
> > NOTE: notice that the above command is one line.  There
> > is no line break.
> >
> > Basically you tell 'su' to execute '--command="command"'
> > as '- user'.  If
> > you need to pass parameters don't forget your $ or $* as
> > needed.
> >
> > chuck
> >
> > >
> > >
> > > --- "Charles Williams (CEO)"
> > > <hosting.mailing.list.account@acnshosting.com> wrote:
> > > >
> > > > ----- Original Message -----
> > > > From: "Khai Dao" <saigon_ca@yahoo.com>
> > > > To: <linuxsa@linuxsa.org.au>
> > > > Sent: Tuesday, June 05, 2001 9:50 PM
> > > > Subject: /etc/rc2.d
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > > Hello,
> > > > > I have a problem to set the scripts to run as a
> > > > regular
> > > > > user at boot time.
> > > > > when I set the scripts at /etc/rc.local/myscripts
> > it
> > > > runs
> > > > > at root user. How do I set it to run at regular
> > user?
> > > > >
> > > > > cheers.
> > > > > K.d
> > > >
> > > > K.d.
> > > >
> > > > I would imagine that you would want the program the
> > > > script calls not to run
> > > > as root (such as httpd running as httpd and not
> > nobody)
> > > > which can be done
> > > > with an suid call in the script.
> > > >
> > > > chuck
> > > >
> > > >
> > >
> > >
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