[SOLVED] How can I run a program at startup as non root user?

Ridwan Rawriet · 2021-11-08 10:24:08

I'm doing a setup to run only firefox under bare X and want it to start as soon as the system boots. I've successfully enabled auto-login for my user account following the wiki. Now to start firefox at start up, searching the web, I found a systemd method. I created a script containing:

#!/bin/bash

startx /bin/firefox

Then I created a systemd unit and enabled it to run the script and it does open firefox at boot but as root user. How can I do this as a normal user? Also is creating this script and then creating the unit unnecessary, meaning only putting /bin/firefox after ExecStart= in the unit will do the trick?

Last edited by Ridwan Rawriet (2022-01-28 12:03:21)

SanskritFritz · 2021-11-08 10:28:53

In the systemd unit:

[Service]
User=yourusername
Group=groupname_optional

The second method you could simply try.

Ridwan Rawriet · 2021-11-08 10:30:15

Thanks, for replying to mega noob stuff. Solved!

Last edited by Ridwan Rawriet (2021-11-08 10:30:29)

SanskritFritz · 2021-11-08 10:50:45

Please mark this thread as [solved] as per https://wiki.archlinux.org/title/Genera … ow_to_post

adventurer · 2021-11-08 11:43:31

https://wiki.archlinux.org/title/Systemd/User

Trilby · 2021-11-08 13:16:19

Why create a script to run from a service when your .profile is already being run. Just follow this:
https://wiki.archlinux.org/title/Start_X_at_boot

Arch Linux

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[SOLVED] How can I run a program at startup as non root user?

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