May scripts and tasks invoked via rc.local run with root permissions?

[Nils Kassube]

Jay Ridgley wrote:
> I  have a situation where I would like to run a script every time the
> system boots. The requirements are such that it must run as root. If
> the owner is specified as root and invoked from rc.local during
> start up will the script in effect run the same as it were invoked
> from the command line with sudo?

/etc/rc.local is run by root already, so your script should run without 
special tricks.


Nils