title: Executing a python script from inittab not as root
body: <p>I have a python script which I would like to launch from inittab, shown below</p>
  
  <p>s1:respawn:/home/a_user/app/script.py </p>
  
  <p>I believe initab executes as root, so the a_user's envrinment is not available</p>
  
  <p>The script needs to know "a_user" home directory for ini file settings and log file storage. I would like to avoid hard coding these paths in my script. Is it possible to execute this script as a_user and not a root? If this is possible would a_user HOME environment variable  be available?</p>
  
  <p>Regards</p>