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chroot and runlevel

2003-10-10T00:22:43-04:00

Make the startup script start up the bot using "su".

su eggdropuser -c "eggdrop eggdrop.conf"

Statistics: Posted by guppy — Fri Oct 10, 2003 12:22 am

chroot and runlevel

2003-10-06T12:37:59-04:00

sorry i didn't want to offend you crontab users

i never heard eggdrop was declared as a save program that's why i would like to run it chrooted... maybe paranoia but i dislike any security holes...

and ok i see why you are using crontab as starter... nevertheless i want to know how to use eggdrop with a runlevel script... intending to for example use eggdrop only in a specific runlevel...

Statistics: Posted by Guest — Mon Oct 06, 2003 12:37 pm

chroot and runlevel

2003-10-06T11:42:20-04:00

Can i ask why you call it a crappy crontab start way.

Crontab is a defacto standard.

An rc-script is a one off thing, should your bot crash, you are manualy required to clear the error and restart start it.

Can I ask what benefits you hope to see out of a chroot start of eggdrop.

Other than the ability to startup and listen to ports below 1024, there is no real purpose.

Statistics: Posted by ppslim — Mon Oct 06, 2003 11:42 am

chroot and runlevel

2003-10-06T11:20:26-04:00

jop that's exactly my problem.. how do i start eggdrop in a runlevel as a non-root... i don't wan't this crappy crontab start way

Statistics: Posted by Guest — Mon Oct 06, 2003 11:20 am

chroot and runlevel

2003-10-06T11:26:30-04:00

edited

Statistics: Posted by Dedan — Mon Oct 06, 2003 10:52 am

chroot and runlevel

2003-10-06T10:12:45-04:00

ok hi there my first post on your nice forum...
1. i'd like to run eggdrop chrooted how?
2. i'd like to create an eggdrop rc-script how? eggdrop won't run as root and the executable can't be followed by userchange variables like -u (user) or sth.

i am using gentoo linux.. if this helps

Statistics: Posted by Guest — Mon Oct 06, 2003 10:12 am