Re: [VANILLA-LIST:2475] Help with Linux shell init scripts

[Bob Tanner <tanner@real-time.com>]

Quoting Alec Habig (habig@budoe.bu.edu):
> Bob Tanner writes:
> > 
> > If you look at the Vanilla.spec, you will see I have
> > /etc/rc.d/init.d/netrek, which will use chkconfig --add on post
> > install and a chkconfig --del on post uninstall. So, the run level
> > stuff is done. I plan to test it tonight.
> 
> So you want the default way people run a server to be as root on boot?

The init file I wrote will su to the games account before starting the netrek
server.

I would not want the server running as root.

> From a sysadmin standpoint, make an account "netrek", and use a cron
> job.  FWIW, this is the mode in which bigbang ran as well.

Redhat 6.0 comes with a pre-made account called games and a group called
games. For testing, I am going to make stuff owner games, group games. Later
as I'll add the code to create a  user called netrek, group games and make the
files ownership appropriate.

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