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[maurobottone]

I need, every time machine boots up, that "startx" and "x11vnc -forever -display :0" commands automatically starts by "rc.local file" but not with root privilege: with user "xxx" privilege ...how can I do this?

[ocicat]

Originally Posted by maurobottone

I need, every time machine boots up, that "startx" and "x11vnc -forever -display :0" commands automatically starts by "rc.local file" but not with root privilege: with user "xxx" privilege ...how can I do this?

Until the user has authenticated, how can the system know which user account is to be used? Is it always the same?

[TerryP]

If you know what user account it needs to be run as, or have a special user for running it:


/etc/rc.local ->

su username -c /path/program args


You can also use su to use a specific login class with su's -c switch, e.g.

su -c loginclass username -c /path/prog args

every thing after username is passed to the shell, the man page is useful.

[maurobottone]

Thanks ocicat and TerryP
TerryP I've followed your post: now I can do what I would.
Good evening!

[TerryP]

your welcome