"su" in init script

From: curt (curt@cola.iges.org)
Date: Mon Sep 13 2004 - 15:37:27 EDT


I need to start up a job at system startup
under a userid other than root. I'm running
tru64 v5.1b (pk4?) on an ES45. I created
a little script called /sbin/rc3.d/S96try:

#/bin/sh
su -f curt -c /homes/cola/curt/fort/a.out &

If I run this script in multi-user mode, or
from crontab it works just fine: it runs
the little fortran program a.out under the userid
"curt" - which is what I want. But when I
start the system up the script doesn't "launch".

Any suggestions?

Sincerely,
Curt Steinmetz



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