Problem with running a startup script

[usmanajmal]

Hi


Is there a way I can run myProgram when ubuntu's desktop appears no matter if root , administrator, desktop user or an unprivileged user logged in?



I actually developed a script which I set to run at startup via System > Preferences > Startup Application i.e. when the Desktop appears. In the script I mounted a partition using

sudo mount /dev/sda1 /mnt &> result.txt

After executing script a file named result.txt was created which contained

sudo: no tty present and no askpass program specified

In other words the mounting failed. If I run the script myself from the terminal using sudo ./myProgram i don't face this problem and the drive gets mounted successfully.
Any suggestions please....

[alfplayer]

Do you know about /etc/fstab ?

[usmanajmal]

Yes I know about /etc/fstab.

Okay I have added an entry for mounting /dev/sda1 in /etc/fstab. The problem is still there i.e. when my desktop appears my startup program says

sudo: no tty present and no askpass program specified

I get this message when I use 'sudo' before 'dd'. If I use the dd without 'sudo' as:

dd if=/dev/sda2 of=/dev/sda5 ?> result.txt

Then, the result.txt contains

dd: opening '/dev/sda2': Permission denied

How can I copy a partition at startup no matter if root, admin, desktop or an unprivileged user logs in?

I thought it will really be easy but seems like I was wrong. Am I not explaining the question clearly?