Run Alfresco Start Up Script as a User Other Than Root

alfresco_startup_script_modified.sh

#!/bin/sh
#
# chkconfig: 2345 80 30
# description: Alfresco Enterprise
#
# Username YOURUSER used in this case. Replace with one defined locally
# e.g.: with Chef or Puppet. 
$YOURUSER = YOURUSER
RETVAL=0

start () {
    su -m $YOURUSER -c "cd /opt/alfresco && /opt/alfresco/alfresco.sh start" "$2"
    RETVAL=$?
    if [ -d "/var/lock/subsys" ] && [ `id -u` = 0 ] && [ $RETVAL -eq 0 ] ; then
        touch /var/lock/subsys/alfresco
    fi

}

stop () {
    su -m $YOURUSER /opt/alfresco/alfresco.sh stop "$2"
    RETVAL=$?
}


case "$1" in
    start)
        start "$@"
        ;;
    stop)
        stop "$@"
        ;;
    restart)
        stop "$@"
        start "$@"
        ;;
    *)
        su -m $YOURUSER /opt/alfresco/alfresco.sh "$@"
        RETVAL=$?
esac
exit $RETVAL