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Bill333
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 Posted: Tue Aug 24, 2004 11:00 pm Post subject: How can I start a system process as other than root? |
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I am putting together an mldonkey P2P server. For security reasons, I would like to run the mldonkey demon as a user. But I also want it to start automatically when the machine boots, so I would:
| Code: | | rc-update add mldonkey default |
Can anyone tell me how to make sure this process runs from a user account when the server reboots?
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KingTaco
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Joined: 22 Aug 2003
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Location: Bay Area, CA
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| Posted: Wed Aug 25, 2004 12:06 am Post subject: |
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Use sudo. edit /etc/init.d/mldonkey and find the following line(s)
| Code: | | /path/to/mldonkeyd --some options here |
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| Code: | | /usr/bin/sudo -u pick_some_user_name_here /path/to/mldonkeyd --some options here |
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rtn
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| Posted: Wed Aug 25, 2004 12:29 am Post subject: |
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You could just as easily do it with /bin/su.
| Code: | | /bin/su - <user> -c <command> |
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FloppyMaster0
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| Posted: Wed Aug 25, 2004 6:41 am Post subject: |
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I prefer start-stop-daemon for changing the uid of daemons. Just throw this in the init script, filling in the appropriate fields:
| Code: | | /sbin/start-stop-daemon --start --chuid <user> --exec /path/mldonkeyd -- <mldonkey options> |
You could also use it to chroot your daemon, but that would require some work.
See start-stop-daemon(8) in the manual. |
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