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I am attempting to create two /usr/local/etc/rc.d services, using rc.subr(8) after reviewing https://docs.freebsd.org/en/articles/rc-scripting/. Service B's process must always run as root, while service A's process must always run as another less privileged user (some_user). The other user must...

Hello again! I hope to one day become a venerable FreeBSD admin but until then, I come humbly to the forums seeking knowledge! So I was trying to build chromium but was running into a compile error that seemed kind of odd, since it didn't seem related to a missing package or a...

Hi Forums This one has been bugging me for quite some time now: how do you create (or remove, for that matter) a "system account" in FreeBSD? The Handbook's section 3.3.1.1 mentions "Systems Accounts" and what they are used for (to run software), but does not say how to set one up: Users and...

Hi! I want to stream my online video to Youtube. The most appropriate software is OBS Studio. multimedia/obs-studio Under the user obs does not work: info: --------------------------------- info: audio settings reset: samples per sec: 44100 speakers: 2 The X11 connection...

This issue has been doing my head in for hours and to be honest I've just run out of ideas. I'm trying to use libcdio to access my /dev/cd0 drive as a normal user (in group operator) but it just isn't having it. However, root works fine. Testing with a couple of programs I've found the port...

Is there a way I can initiate a script as root, then exit to my normal admin user (sudoers) to accomplish further tasks as the user? I tried exit but the script stopped completely. Things like RVM like to be installed using the user.