it's the little things that defeat me. Thanks, -Scott -- Scott Sawyer o: 928 226 0404 Owner c: 602 920 0083 Scott Sawyer Photography http://www.scottsawyerphotography.com Capturing today's moments, forever On Thu, 4 Dec 2003, Kevin Brown wrote: > > anyone know how with su or sudo to set the home directory to be something > > other than what is in /etc/passwd or the executing PWD? Specifically in > > an init script starting a service as an alternative user such as webapp > > I would think adding the HOME= variable to the head of the script would do that. > > e.g. > > #!/bin/bash > HOME=/opt/home/apache > cd > ./command > > --------------------------------------------------- > PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us > To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change you mail settings: > http://lists.PLUG.phoenix.az.us/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss >