From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from mail1.mx.voyager.net ([216.93.66.200]) by speech.braille.uwo.ca with esmtp (Exim 3.32 #1 (Debian)) id 15wYnL-0008GX-00 for ; Wed, 24 Oct 2001 20:54:51 -0400 Received: from WinCE (tnt18a-218.focal-chi.corecomm.net [208.40.19.218]) by mail1.mx.voyager.net (8.11.6/8.10.2) with ESMTP id f9P0sfL34674 for ; Wed, 24 Oct 2001 20:54:41 -0400 (EDT) Date: Wed, 24 Oct 2001 20:54:41 -0400 (EDT) Message-Id: <200110250054.f9P0sfL34674@mail1.mx.voyager.net> To: speakup@braille.uwo.ca From: Gregory Nowak Subject: Re: running programs as nonroot user MIME-Version: 1.0 (produced by IP*Works! www.dev-soft.com) Content-Type: text/plain Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: speakup-admin@braille.uwo.ca Errors-To: speakup-admin@braille.uwo.ca X-BeenThere: speakup@braille.uwo.ca X-Mailman-Version: 2.0.6 Precedence: bulk Reply-To: speakup@braille.uwo.ca List-Help: List-Post: List-Subscribe: , List-Id: Speakup is a screen review system for Linux. List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: Disregard that, I wasn't thinking clearly. Thanks anyway. Greg > ----- Original Message ----- >From: Frank Carmickle To: speakup@braille.uwo.ca >Date: Wed, 24 Oct 2001 20:35:48 -0400 (EDT) >Subject: Re: running programs as nonroot user >On Wed, 24 Oct 2001, Gregory Nowak wrote: >> Hi again, >> How does one run a program from /etc/rc.d/rc.local as a normal user and not as root? Thanks. >What? I think you are greatly mistaken. rc.local is the last init script >that is to be run. If you want things to happen on login you use your own >personal profile which in most cases would be ~username/.bash_profile. If >you want it to take place on system wide logins it belongs in >/etc/profile. But I still don't really understand your question. >-- > Frank Carmickle >phone: 412 761-9568 >email: frankiec@dryrose.com >_______________________________________________ >Speakup mailing list >Speakup@braille.uwo.ca >http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup