On Thu, 6 Jun 2002, Robert P. Goldman wrote: > As a follow-up to the original question, how does one have a system > automatically run commands NOT as root when starting up? Is there > some way (short of writing C, which I could do), to run commands as a > user with fewer privileges? > > I have a linux box I'm using as an MP3 jukebox, and I'd be happy to > run some of the housekeeping stuff just as a user in the audio group. man su. su -c 'command' user -- Nate Carlson <natecars at real-time.com> | Phone : (952)943-8700 http://www.real-time.com | Fax : (952)943-8500