Thank you very much, that worked! On Saturday, April 26, 2014 9:38:29 PM UTC-6, Massimo Di Pierro wrote: > > Can you try edit the file /etc/init.d/web2py and replace > > DAEMON_USER=web2py > > with > > DAEMON_USER=www-data > > On Saturday, 26 April 2014 22:38:00 UTC-5, Massimo Di Pierro wrote: >> >> You can try >> >> On Saturday, 26 April 2014 13:29:08 UTC-5, Cynthia Butler wrote: >>> >>> I followed the instructions in the book Chapter 13 "Start as Linux >>> daemon". But when I type this on command line: >>> >>> sudo /etc/init.d/web2py start >>> >>> I get this error: >>> >>> * Starting Web Framework web2py >>> chown: invalid user: 'web2py' >>> start-stop-daemon: user 'web2py' not found >>> >>> I think it's caused by the group:user is actually "www-data' as setup by >>> the ngenix-uwsgi-ubuntu.sh script, instead of "web2py". >>> >>> I can get the web2py server to run by typing this at the command line: >>> cd /home/www-data/web2py >>> sudo -u www-data python web2py >>> >>> But it is not a daemon process (running in the background). >>> >>> What is the proper way to resolve the different owners so I can run web2py >>> server as a daemon and also in a secure way (not by sudo -- or does that >>> matter)? >>> >>> Thank you-- I'm a noob! >>> >>> >>>
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