[ale] programs at boot up

[larryr2 at bellsouth.net (Larry Richardson)]

You can use 'su' to run commands as a different user.  Put this line 
(with the proper vncserver args) into rc.local:

su someusername -c "vncserver -display ..."

If you omit the someusername, it will run as root.

Larry Richardson
larryr2 at bellsouth.net


Robert Coggins wrote:
> Hey all,
> 
> I am trying to get a specific program to run at boot.  With special
> switches, of course.  The problem I am running into is I want the
> program run as a certain user.  For example,  I want vncserver to run as
> user foobar when the system starts.  I know you use /etc/rc.d/rc.local
> to have them run but beyond this I am clueless...  Any ideas?  Thanks
> all!
> 
> -Rob
> 
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