Subject: Re: set-uid scripts
To: David Forbes <david@flossy.u-net.com>
From: R. C. Dowdeswell <elric@mabelode.imrryr.org>
List: current-users
Date: 10/30/1999 14:20:25
On 941317967 seconds since the Beginning of the UNIX epoch
David Forbes wrote:
>
>Summary: I'd really like to be able to execute a script at start up as a
>user other than root. Easy I thought: chmod u+s. However, top suggests
>otherwise. How can I get around this?
Generally I do this by:
su user -c /path/to/script
Which, until someone corrects me, seems to do the right thing. ;)
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