on Mon, Jan 15, 2001 at 05:52:02PM -0900, Ethan Benson ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: > On Mon, Jan 15, 2001 at 05:56:52PM -0800, kmself@ix.netcom.com wrote: > > on Mon, Jan 15, 2001 at 07:55:25PM -0600, Benjamin Pharr ([EMAIL > > PROTECTED]) wrote: > > > I need to start up a program (setiathome) as non-root from the startup > > > scripts. I have access to the scripts, I just want it to run as a > > > regular > > > user. Can anyone tell me how? Thanks in advance! > > > > $ man su > > no no, man start-stop-daemon > > specifically start-stop-daemon --chuid foo.foo > > advantage: no bogus su log entries.
Will you stop being so fscking right all the time!
<vbg>
Thanks, Ethan.
And for the rest of the crowd, this is one of the reasons to:
- Post a response for which you're relatively sure the answer is
usable, if not optimal. You might learn something.
- Why you want to ask questions to the list, not privately. My answer
works. Ethan's is clearly better.
Cheers.
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What part of "Gestalt" don't you understand? There is no K5 cabal
http://gestalt-system.sourceforge.net/ http://www.kuro5hin.org
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