Run a service NOT as root ?

[Donovan]

Hi, I have a service I launch with ./start but when I go to TOP I see it running as root.

I don't want this. What should I do to have it running as another user ?

Thanks,
Donov

[klamath]

Run it through a shell script and `su` before executing the app.

There are a couple other ways. If is insufficient, tell us more about the situation.

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[Donovan]

Well I would like to avoid su myself to username since username cant accept logs.

Isn't there a way to tell from the command line that the script should run as username instead of user that is entering the command (currently me as root) ?

In short words I would like my service to start (./star) but not as root !

Thanks,
Donov