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On Mon, 13 Nov 2006, Steve [Gentoo] wrote: |
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> While system-level services are typically managed by /etc/init.d/* in |
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> Gentoo, these are maintained by root for all users. I'm interested in |
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> an end-user without root access who wants to 'run a service-like |
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> process' (for example, fectmail to poll remote accounts...) While an |
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> end user can easily run a daemon process or kill one, this doesn't |
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> persist across a reboot. I've tried using fcron to schedule user |
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> processes to re-start after a re-boot... but this feels like a hack. |
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Use daemontools. It's in portage. Take a look at this site, which is |
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beginner-friendly: |
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http://www.thedjbway.org |
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A run script for fetchmail is in |
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http://smarden.org/runit/runscripts.html#fetchmail |
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but you can probably cook your own once you get used to daemontools. |
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You probably want your service to be kept alive, even when it goes down |
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for whatever reason other than rebooting, so daemontools seems the |
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proper solution. |
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I'm assuming you have root privileges but don't want to run services as |
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root when that's not really necessary. Otherwise, you'll need root's |
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cooperation. |
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Jorge Almeida |
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