Re: launch screen by root as another user

[Folkert van Heusden]

What I do is:

screen -d -m /usr/local/sbin/script

where that script is:
su user -c /usr/local/whatever/executable

That way only root can still open the screen-session.


On Sun, Nov 20, 2005 at 01:22:46PM -0600, Gary Skowronek wrote:
> Hello!
> 
> I run a 24x7 game server and I use screen to connect to the process etc.
> However, I would like to start up the server by the use of init startup 
> scripts. But, I do not want the process owned by root. It should be a 
> standard user.
> 
> Here is the command to launch the server.
> screen -A -m -d -S SOF2_svr /usr/local/games/sof2/sof2ded +set net_port 
> $2 +exec $3 +set sv_pure 1 +set fs_game rocmod
> 
> Does anyone know of a way to launch a screen process by root and have it 
> owned by a different user?
> I have tried.....
> su $user -c screen -A -m -d -S SOF2_svr /usr/local/games/sof2/sof2ded 
> +set net_port $2 +exec $3 +set sv_pure 1 +set fs_game rocmod
> 
> I also tried putting the screen command in a separate script and  just 
> run it.
> 
> Basically,  the  process dies right after it is launched. No errors or 
> warnings.
> 
> In a nutshell, I'm trying to launch screen and a process by root, but as 
> another user.
> 
> 
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