run script on boot from specified user?

[Daerious]

I'm needing to run a script during boot, but it must be ran as a specific user, not root. Can anyone tell me the proper way of doing this?

[Rick]

Hi, use this:

su - USER -c "COMMAND TO RUN"

replace USER and COMMAND

[Daerious]

thanks Rick, that worked perfectly, i assume adding that line to rc.local is an acceptable practice? (Debian 4)

[Rick]

yes, that is fine. my rc.locals are full of start up stuff.