Running script from rc.d as local user

[Derek Ragona]

You need a first line in your script to choose what shell to run it:
#!/usr/local/bin/bash

You should add a line:
/usr/bin/su [to your username]

Then try it at bootup as an rc script.

         -Derek


At 08:24 AM 3/8/2007, Gerard Seibert wrote:
>I am trying to get gpg-agent to start at boot time. If I place this in
>the ~/.bash_profile file, the program starts correctly.
>
>
>GPG_TTY=`tty`
>export GPG_TTY
>
>#
>## Start Agent
>##
>if test -f $HOME/.gpg-agent-info \
>&& kill -0 `cut -d: -f 2 $HOME/.gpg-agent-info` 2>/dev/null; then
>         GPG_AGENT_INFO=`cat $HOME/.gpg-agent-info`
>         export GPG_AGENT_INFO
>                 else
>                         eval `gpg-agent --daemon`
>                         echo $GPG_AGENT_INFO >$HOME/.gpg-agent-info
>fi
>
>
>The problem is, if I log in again from a remote location, the
>.bash_login  is read again and another copy of gpg-agent is started.
>Obviously, I do not want that behavior.
>
>I tried starting it from CRON; however, the variables:
>
>     GPG_AGENT_INFO
>     GPG_TTY
>
>  are not set..
>
>I then tried to create a script and run it from /usr/local/etc/rc.d;
>however, that forces the script to run as root, which I do not want.
>
>--
>Gerard
>
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