What user starts things during the boot_localForum: HD Install Topic: What user starts things during the boot_local started by: carp3n0ct3m Posted by carp3n0ct3m on April 03 2005,08:16
I have recently installed DSL to my hdd, and I also installed the vncserver. I was trying to start the vncserver when DSL booted up, and added a line to the boot_local to start vncserver. I run into a problem when dsl boots, the vncserver doesn't startup, it says I need to run vncpasswd to create a password, which I have tried both with the user DSL, and as root. I was wondering who DSL thinks is executing the boot_local script so I can run vncpasswd with that user.
Posted by carp3n0ct3m on April 03 2005,11:58
Never mind, I found a better solution, I have SSHd running on boot. I login through SSH, start the vncserver, and then tunnel my vnc connection through SSH.
Posted by mikshaw on April 03 2005,15:55
just to partially answer your question, bootlocal is run by root.Everything in the linux boot process is run by root. Posted by carp3n0ct3m on April 03 2005,20:31
that's what i thought, but for some reason, vncserver isn't seeing the password I set as root. But like I said, I found a better, more secure way to run vncserver, and this way it isn't running all the time.
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