How to run a script at startup?

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i want to start a java application at start up. I added the script file in init.d and the process got started .

But the owner of the process is root. So when the java process is trying to write a file in my home i am getting permission error.

How can i start the process from the user scope rather than the root scope?

http://askubuntu.com/questions/106941/how-do-i-run-a-script-once-and-only-once-in-upstart — ripper234, Mar 15 '12 at 13:36

score 1 · Answer 1 · answered Nov 14 '11 at 10:22

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I don't have the time to retype everything I had written to this question on Stack Overflow, but some pointers you may want:

First, @reboot specifier in the crontab(5) makes it easy to run a program as a user on boot.

Second, writing an upstart job specification to run a program as service is pretty straightforward. The documentation is poor, but there are many examples in /etc/init.d/. start-stop-daemon(8) is fantastic -- be sure to read its manpage before you try to re-invent the wheel.

answered Nov 14 '11 at 10:22

sarnold

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you could give a link to your answer on StackOverflow... – xubuntix Nov 14 '11 at 10:23
@xubuntix: karthick deleted his question seconds before I clicked "submit answer" and I wound up re-using that browser tab for something else eventually. – sarnold Nov 14 '11 at 10:26

score 0 · Answer 2 · edited Jan 25 '12 at 17:16

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You can make applications automatically start for your user by adding them to the "Startup Applications" in Ubuntu 11.10 (look for it in drush search)

for older Ubuntu versions: System > Preferences > Sessions

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answered Nov 14 '11 at 10:28

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I dont have access to the user interface. – karthick Nov 14 '11 at 10:33

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