[SunHELP] starting a process as user JoeDoe

[Jim Pennino]

On Wed, Sep 24, 2003 at 03:03:37PM -0300, Fernando Machado wrote:
> Friends!!!
> 
> Needdanother help! how do i start a process in rc2.d but not as root, as 
> a user?
> i need to start tomcat as user tomcat, but if i insert anything in 
> rc2.d, it will start as root and will not work.
> 
> thanx!!!!!!
> 
> [ ]4s!
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The file in rc2.d should be a link (hard or symbolic; both are used) to
a file in /etc/init.d.

Anyway, within the file you do something like:


start)
	test -f file-to-start || exit 0
	su user-name -c "file-to-start -option1 -option2"


-- 
Jim Pennino