Peyote Coyote
April 26th, 2011, 10:48 PM
On ubuntu (10.04 & earlier) we boot our apps under a user account from /etc/rc.local which runs under root. First the boot script installs drivers and does rooty things, then under "myaccount":
su myaccount -c startPrg.bash (Inside is the actual /mybin/myprg &; )
and the program is left running (our goal of course)
BUT in debian (lenny) the exit from su terminates its child, which also seems right.
Now confused...
1) How can I spin off a child from /etc/rc.local that executes under a user account, but is not terminated when the su exits?
2) Why does the script act differently on ubuntu vs. debian?
THANKS A LOT!!!
su myaccount -c startPrg.bash (Inside is the actual /mybin/myprg &; )
and the program is left running (our goal of course)
BUT in debian (lenny) the exit from su terminates its child, which also seems right.
Now confused...
1) How can I spin off a child from /etc/rc.local that executes under a user account, but is not terminated when the su exits?
2) Why does the script act differently on ubuntu vs. debian?
THANKS A LOT!!!