Can't specify which user to run Mirth Connect Service in mcservice script; have to hack the mcservice script to specify user

[rbeckman-nextgen]

The Mirth Connect service script (mcservice) runs under root by default. In order to run it under another user, I had to "hack" the script and place code into the middle of the script. This is not ideal since the script might change in future version, and, even if it didn't, the script will need to be "re-hacked" with each update.

It would be helpful if at the top of the script there were a variable like USER and by default it would be something like:
USER = "root"

Changing the user name in the USER variable would have the affect of running the service under a different user

Imported Issue. Original Details:
Jira Issue Key: MIRTH-2395
Reporter: mbs
Created: 2013-03-12T14:38:13.000-0700

[rbeckman-nextgen]

Sorry, I meant to put Mirth Connect Server when I put Mirth Connect Administrator. I can't seem to figure out how to edit the title.

Imported Comment. Original Details:
Author: mbs
Created: 2013-03-12T14:40:52.000-0700

[drcdev]

Did you ever figure this out? I want to do something like this, but it won't execute: https://gist.github.com/bbhoss/831d9e90f9f10ce96bb0