[NTLUG:Discuss] scripting problem
Carl Haddick
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Sat Mar 1 14:51:15 CST 2003
On Sat, Mar 01, 2003 at 10:27:40AM -0800, Fred wrote:
> How do I do this? I can't remember anything anymore
>
> I want to add statements to the rc.local boot script that will start evolution
> owned by user x instead of root.
>
Could you do this with sudo, since rc.local runs as root?
If the command in question is 'foobar /usr/local/skippy.conf', run as user
pinhead, then:
sudo -u pinhead foobar /usr/local/skippy.conf
Sudo normally requires authentication, or an entry in sudoers - but
being root has its privileges.
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