[Icecast] startup problem: how to start ices under regular user account

Paul Melnikow pnm at zephyr.to
Tue Dec 28 22:57:34 UTC 2004


On Tue, Dec 28, 2004 at 11:13:16PM +0200, Alex wrote:
> I am running icecast2 and ices2 which are working fine for me. What i 
> can't find in docs is how to startup ices tu run under certain user 
> account, not as root.

here's an init script i've been using -- kind of rough, but should
probably do the trick.

http://www.zephyr.to/icecast/myices

you can put it in /etc/init.d/icecast, and probably change DUMP=false,
and USER=alex or whatever :)

hth
p.

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