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How can I make this daemon/init run as a non root user?
I have an init script to kick off a daemon. The problem is it runs as root. I would like it to run as a user called "deploy". Ubuntu 12.04
#! /bin/sh
# File: /etc/init.d/unicorn
### BEGIN INIT ...
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How do I determine whether my services are using runit or init?
How do I determine whether my services are using runit or init? I use Ubuntu 10.0.4.
Such as nginx, chef, puppet, etc.
Thanks.
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Running script before shutdown seemingly not working
I created a small script backup_files.sh and placed it in /etc/init.d:
#/bin/sh
logfile=/media/verbatim/log
date >> $logfile
rsync -av /home/philipp/Documents /media/verbatim/ >> $logfile
...
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how can 'init' and 'service' command can cross normal-user life?
i'm just moved to linux world in ubuntu 10.10. i'm using it for normal life, internet and social networks, multimedia enterainement like musics and movie, a bit of coding with c and python..
i've ...
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Removing abstraction from Ubuntu boot process
I have been using Linux after almost 5 years and observed that boot process has been almost abstracted. I mean, not much is visible to the user what is going on behind the scenes (Due to splash ...
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/etc/rc.d vs /etc/init.d
Is ubuntu's /etc/init.d directory exactly equivalent (functionally) to what I presume to be the more standard /etc/rc.d/ (at least on arch)? Is there any particular reason canonical used init.d ...
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Create directory in /var/run/ at startup
I'm using apache2 and postgres running on Ubuntu Server 10.04.
I have removed the startup scripts for both of these apps and I'm using supervisor to monitor and control them. The problem I have run ...
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Create services in Linux (Start up in linux)
I need one process run before log in to system. how to run it like services?(how do I make services in Linux?)
in Ubuntu and Fedora ?
the service is customized tomcat
