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Asked: 2011-12-09 18:24:12 +0800 CST

On 10.04 Lucid, how can I add a script to startup to run as another user?

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On 10.04 Lucid, how can I add a script to run at startup as another user?

Will I add a script someplace like /etc/init.d/myscript ? Or is it better to put it in the cron file for root as @reboot and the exec command? Or something completely different?

I'm new to this (sorry) but I have been googling without much luck. Links to tutorials would be fine as well, I'm just feeling a little lost not knowing where to start...

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    Take a look at this question on StackOverflow. It suggests something like this -

    Call visudo and add this:

    user1 ALL=(user2) NOPASSWD: /home/user2/bin/test.sh

    The command paths must be absolute! Then call sudo -u user2 /home/user2/bin/test.sh from a user1 shell. Done.

    That way you just put the script to run at startup under Startup Applications (System -> Preferences-> Startup Applications) and it'll run on startup

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