running programs as nonroot user

[Gregory Nowak]

Disregard that, I wasn't thinking clearly.  Thanks anyway.
Greg



> ----- Original Message -----
>From: Frank Carmickle <frankiec at braille.uwo.ca
>To: speakup at 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.

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>     Frank Carmickle
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