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thomasfedb
Asked: 2010-07-19 07:21:56 +0800 CST

Start ruby script at boot as particular user

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wondering how I can have a ruby script started at boot, as a particular user.

This is on centos, so I imagine i need to create a service. ?

centos service ruby users god

3 Answers

  1. If you just want to run this script at boot time, put it in that user's crontab with the special time @reboot.

    If the script is a long-running process that would normally keep running until you reboot, then a adding a service is the best solution.

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  2. Best Answer

    Read /usr/share/doc/initscripts-*/sysvinitfiles for information on writing the initscript that you'll need for this.

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  3. Or u can add to /etc/rc.local somthing like this:

    /usr/bin/sudo -u $user /path/to/script/script.rb

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