Start service as user

[irri]

I have been given a startup script:

#!/bin/sh

# Start appname
case "$1" in
'start')
( cd /opt/manufacturer/appname ; ./appname) > /dev/null 2>&1
;;
'stop')
( cd /opt/manufacturer/appname ; ./appname) > /dev/null 2>&1
;;
*)
echo "usage: $0 {start|stop}"
;;
esac

I was told to put this in rc2.d and name it S99appname.

1) It doesn't start the app
2) If it did, it would start it as root and I want it to start as a user.

Is there a way to do this?

Thanks in advance.

[mnisay]

have you tried

runuser

?

[irri]

How do I use runuser?

[mnisay]

#man runuser
#man sudo

Ex:

runuser username command1

[InKo]

why do not simply use the SU command?
in your inittab to run at boot up

su <username> -c "<command>"

[irri]

can I choose to run it from Bash in inittab?

[mnisay]

might as well put it here

/etc/rc.local

[InKo]

su --shell=<shell> -l <user> -c "<command>"

<shell> e.g. /bin/tcsh


p.s. runuser also has the option -s or --shell

[irri]

So at the end of inittab I can just add:
su --shell=/bin/bash -1 username -c "application"
?

[mnisay]

did you typed -1 (minus one)? That should be -l (minus small L)

[irri]

The actual line I am adding to inittab is:

su --shell=/bin/bash -l render1 -c "alfserver"

Where render1 is the username and alfserver is the app. It doesn't seem to start.

[InKo]

Originally Posted by mnisay

did you typed -1 (minus one)? That should be -l (minus small L)

sorry, my bad! of course it must be minus small L... thanx mnisay!

@irri: sorry, I actually wanted to say you can put the discussed line into /etc/rc.d/rc.local.

you can also write a little script in /etc/init.d/ to start it at boot time so that you can then control it using

 service <myscript> start | stop | restart

etc.
For a permanent use I would take the last way. For testing - with rc.local

[irri]

It works!
I put the line in rc.local

Thanks to you both. I've been try to get that going for ages.

[mnisay]

ur welcome. just adding more words from the last postings, its been a while, now ive got fedora 7, getting better and wider! yahooouu!

thanks fedora guyz, well done!

[Kirurgs]

Well, it could be very nice, if services can be run as other users, then you could make one easily and run as what user needed...
Smth graphical...
And NO, I'm not against CLI, but for newbies and for easier of use for desktop - yes...