# How can I set Rails user name? **URL:** \ **Category:** Rails\ **Created:** [March 3, 2009, 2:12am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/how-can-i-set-rails-user-name/161850 "2009-03-03T02:12:36Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 3\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![youhaodeyi](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/y/b9bd4f/32.png) [@youhaodeyi](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/youhaodeyi)\ **Post date:** [March 3, 2009, 2:12am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/how-can-i-set-rails-user-name/161850/1 "2009-03-03T02:12:36Z")
I use root to start the Rails server. So all the operations on this server will be root permission. For example, create a file in the server disk. How can I change a user? ---
**Author:** ![youhaodeyi](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/y/b9bd4f/32.png) [@youhaodeyi](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/youhaodeyi)\ **Post date:** [March 3, 2009, 3:34am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/how-can-i-set-rails-user-name/161850/2 "2009-03-03T03:34:07Z")
Start your rails server by other user. On Tue, Mar 3, 2009 at 9:12 AM, Zhao Yi [removed\_email\_address@domain.invalid](mailto:removed_email_address@domain.invalid)wrote: > ## I use root to start the Rails server. So all the operations on this server will be root permission. For example, create a file in the server disk. How can I change a user? > > Posted via [http://www.ruby-forum.com/](http://www.ruby-forum.com/). > > > – Only two surfaces of a box: [http://blog.pixnet.net/zusocfc](http://blog.pixnet.net/zusocfc) ---
**Author:** ![youhaodeyi](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/y/b9bd4f/32.png) [@youhaodeyi](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/youhaodeyi)\ **Post date:** [March 3, 2009, 3:47am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/how-can-i-set-rails-user-name/161850/3 "2009-03-03T03:47:00Z")
On Mon, Mar 2, 2009 at 7:12 PM, Zhao Yi [removed\_email\_address@domain.invalid](mailto:removed_email_address@domain.invalid) wrote: > I use root to start the Rails server. So all the operations on this > server will be root permission. For example, create a file in the server > disk. How can I change a user? Perhaps something like this: #!/bin/sh cd /path/to/rails if [`/usr/bin/whoami` = ‘root’]; then /bin/su -c “/usr/local/bin/mongrel\_rails start -e production -p 6001 -d” rails\_user else /usr/local/bin/mongrel\_rails start -e production -p 6001 -d fi – Greg D. [http://destiney.com/](http://destiney.com/)