startup script with non-root user

[Martin Tournoij]

On Fri, Jan 19, 2007 at 05:30:00PM -0500, Don Munyak wrote:
> Hello,
> 
> I have an application I'd like to startup at boot, however, the script
> needs to be started by a non-user account.
> 
> If I put the startup script in /usr/local/etc/rc.d/hobbit.sh
> 
> How do I get it to start using the user account 'hobbit'
> 
> Thanks
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-- 
But like the Good Book says... There's BIGGER DEALS to come!

You can use su, a very simple example:

script.sh:
su carpetsmoker startup.sh

startup.sh:
echo "Hello, I am now running as user "carpetsmoker"
set


See the su man page for more information

Hope this helps.
Martin