[arch-general] Should ctrl_interface in /etc/wpa_supplicant be changed?

2011-06-22 Thread Oon-Ee Ng
Hi all, wondering if ctrl_interface in /etc/wpa_supplicant needs changing to /run instead of /var/run. See https://bbs.archlinux.org/viewtopic.php?pid=952351#p952351

Re: [arch-general] Anything to manage user daemons?

2011-06-22 Thread Luštický Josef
V Wed, 22 Jun 2011 12:09:34 +0200 Dieter Plaetinck napsáno: > yuck. > if you just want to manage daemons running as your own user, su and > sudo shouldn't even be involved. > > On Wed, 22 Jun 2011 11:05:35 +0100 > Owain Sutton wrote: > > > How about using /etc/rc.d/ scripts with 'su user' to s

Re: [arch-general] Anything to manage user daemons?

2011-06-22 Thread Ty
On 22/06/2011, at 9:35 PM, Dieter Plaetinck wrote: > On Wed, 22 Jun 2011 21:30:42 +0930 > Ty wrote: > >> >> On 22/06/2011, at 7:39 PM, Dieter Plaetinck wrote: >> >>> yuck. >>> if you just want to manage daemons running as your own user, su and >>> sudo shouldn't even be involved. >>> >>> On

Re: [arch-general] Anything to manage user daemons?

2011-06-22 Thread Dieter Plaetinck
On Wed, 22 Jun 2011 21:30:42 +0930 Ty wrote: > > On 22/06/2011, at 7:39 PM, Dieter Plaetinck wrote: > > > yuck. > > if you just want to manage daemons running as your own user, su and > > sudo shouldn't even be involved. > > > > On Wed, 22 Jun 2011 11:05:35 +0100 > > Owain Sutton wrote: > >

Re: [arch-general] Anything to manage user daemons?

2011-06-22 Thread Geert Hendrickx
On Wed, Jun 22, 2011 at 12:09:34 +0200, Dieter Plaetinck wrote: > yuck. > if you just want to manage daemons running as your own user, su and > sudo shouldn't even be involved. A user crontab with @reboot entries? Geert -- geert.hendrickx.be :: ge...@hendrickx.be :: PGP: 0xC4BB9E9F

Re: [arch-general] Anything to manage user daemons?

2011-06-22 Thread Ty
On 22/06/2011, at 7:39 PM, Dieter Plaetinck wrote: > yuck. > if you just want to manage daemons running as your own user, su and > sudo shouldn't even be involved. > > On Wed, 22 Jun 2011 11:05:35 +0100 > Owain Sutton wrote: > I have to disagree. Some daemons run as a different user like http

Re: [arch-general] Anything to manage user daemons?

2011-06-22 Thread Dieter Plaetinck
yuck. if you just want to manage daemons running as your own user, su and sudo shouldn't even be involved. On Wed, 22 Jun 2011 11:05:35 +0100 Owain Sutton wrote: > How about using /etc/rc.d/ scripts with 'su user' to start the > program as the relevant user (as per the rtorrent wiki suggestion,

Re: [arch-general] Anything to manage user daemons?

2011-06-22 Thread Owain Sutton
How about using /etc/rc.d/ scripts with 'su user' to start the program as the relevant user (as per the rtorrent wiki suggestion, https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Rtorrent#rtorrent_Daemon_with_screen), and then sudo permissions to run 'sudo /etc/rc.d/foo start/stop' in .xinitrc and .bash_lo