During startup, how do I start a service as another user?

[aceO07]

I'm using ubuntu and want some commands and services to start up at boot, but I don't want them to be running under root. I'm currently using rc.local to start them up. How do I get them to run as another user?

edit: SOLVED.

 

[Crusty]

In your script you can su to the user you want to run the service as and execute the command that starts the service as the new user.

You can do something like

su ace -c "/path/to/executable -parameters"

and it will execute the command as the user ace.

 

[mundane]

You should be able to use su -c <command> <user>

 

[aceO07]

Wow, speedy responses. Great. Thanks. I'll give it a go tomorrow.

edit: Thanks! Worked great.