RE: what 'user' are acpi scripts run as? Forcing DCOP to look atcurrent user?

[Birt, Jeffrey]

Dave Mitchell wrote:
> On Sun, May 01, 2005 at 09:38:19PM -0500, Birt, Jeffrey wrote:
> > system "su -c '/etc/acpi/actions/perl_dcop.pl false' birtj";
>
> I presume you meant
>
> system "su birtj -c '/etc/acpi/actions/perl_dcop.pl false'";

Thanks Dave,  You are of course correct.  I have found that when using
dcop from a console window with su -c it has to be like this.

su -c 'dcop kdesktop KScreensaverIface enable false' birtj

Still, either method works if the acpi script is called from a root
console window but not when the acpi script is called from the 'system'.

The 'system' is out to get me man! ;'>

Jeff Birt
Electronics Engineer
Integrated Systems Facility
University of Missouri - Rolla
573.341.6058

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Subject: what 'user' are acpi scripts run as? Forcing DCOP to look
atcurrent user?

In the process of getting my acpi script just right I'm trying to use
DCOP to turn on/off the kdesktop screensaver setting.  
Working with DCOP I've discoverd that each user seems to have their own
DCOP server.  Running dcop from a regular console give a diffrent list
of DCOP enabled processes than a root console.

I am assuming that the acpi scripts are run as 'system' (or what ever
the Linux equivelent is) and therefore any DCOP related calls are
looking at the 'systems' DCOP server not the current user.

So, can I force a script to run as another user?  that is have the acpi
script which is being run as 'system' call another script as the current
user?

Thanks,

...confused and tired.........
Jeff_Birt