I just meant at system start. Seems like we were replacing init scripts with something more complicated as the new "best practice". Was more or less asking what the new best practice is.
On Fri, May 3, 2013 at 7:48 PM, John D Jones III <[email protected]>wrote: > On 05/03/2013 06:37 PM, S. Dale Morrey wrote: > > I have a daemon that has the potential to cause havoc if started as root. > > It was designed to run as root, fortunately the binary does know how to > > daemonize itself. > > > > This is on ubuntu 13.04. > > > > Normally I would just create a bash script to start & stop it, but I > > remember a few weeks ago we were saying init scripts were not best > practice > > anymore. So what's the best way now, or was that whole discussion only > for > > other distros? > > > > Thanks! > > > > /* > > PLUG: http://plug.org, #utah on irc.freenode.net > > Unsubscribe: http://plug.org/mailman/options/plug > > Don't fear the penguin. > > */ > > > *I* personally like to use Perl and it's Proc::Daemon module > https://metacpan.org/module/Proc::Daemon it's a clean and easy > interface. You can set a * * * * * cron to slap it and if it's running > it quietly exits, or else starts the daemon. I wrote a poor man's script > here: https://github.com/jnbek/misc_scripts/blob/master/daemon.pl and I > use it to start my gitit wiki's, Gisgraphy, and a number of other things > on my FreeBSD server and it brings me great joy. The Proc::Daemon > approach has the benefit of running on pretty much any *nix system and > maybe even Windoze. > > -- > John D Jones III > Perl/Javascript/Systemd Zealot > [email protected] > http://www.zoelife4u.org/ > > /* > PLUG: http://plug.org, #utah on irc.freenode.net > Unsubscribe: http://plug.org/mailman/options/plug > Don't fear the penguin. > */ > /* PLUG: http://plug.org, #utah on irc.freenode.net Unsubscribe: http://plug.org/mailman/options/plug Don't fear the penguin. */
