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[John Almberg]

>> Answering my own question (probably the best way)...
>> I solved this problem by figuring out how to execute the command  
>> inside the rc script as a non-root user. Like so:
>> autossh_start()
>> {
>>   echo "${command} ${command_args}"
>>   su admin -c "${command} ${command_args}"
>>   echo "started autossh"
>> }
>> This works beautifully, so I almost hesitate to ask, but is there  
>> anything wrong with this approach?
>
> Nothing, except you're re-inventing the wheel.  rc.subr already
> has a mechanism for running commands as another user.  Instead
> of defining a new start() function, simply add something like:
>
> : ${autossh_user:='admin'}
>
> towards the top of the script.  (This also means you can override
> the setting by defining 'autossh_user="someoneelse"' in /etc/rc.conf
> in the usual way)
>

Ah, fascinating. Now that I know what I'm looking for, I can see that  
in the rc.subr man page.

Thanks!