<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.01 Transitional//EN"> <html> <head> <meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=ISO-8859-1"> </head> <body text="#000000" bgcolor="#ffffff"> 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? Thanks, Jay <pre class="moz-signature" cols="80">-- Jay Ridgley <a class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated" href="mailto:jridgley2@austin.rr.com">jridgley2@austin.rr.com</a> Registered Linux User ID - 9115 <a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="https://linuxcounter.net/cert/9115.png">https://linuxcounter.net/cert/9115.png</a> Registered Ubuntu User ID - 23320 </pre> </body> </html>