At 04:46 PM 11/7/2000 -0500, you wrote:
>I believe "chmod u+s /usr/interbase/bin/ibmgr" might do it for
>you...setting the sticky bit usually gets you there.

hmmm When you run a program using start up scripts, doesn't
it automatically run as root regardless of whether a sticky bit
is set?  Also, wouldn't this approach create a type of security
hole, since it makes it possible for every user to run the
program as interbase?

-Ed




> > I'd like to run a daemon as non-root.  How can I do this?
> >
> > In this specific example, I have /etc/rc.d/init.d/interbase with the
> > following entry:
> >
> >       daemon /usr/interbase/bin/ibmgr -start -password $PASSWORD
> >
> > Right now, it ends up running as root and I'd like to change it to the 
> user
> > interbase.
> >
> > Thanks in advance =)



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