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openbsd:rc.d [2020/06/12 02:00] drquest [Run a process (here sample process HOPM) as system daemon] |
openbsd:rc.d [2020/06/12 02:17] drquest [Daemon control and mangement system (rcctl)] |
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| The options are as follows: | The options are as follows: | ||
| - | -d.........Setting this option will print the function names as they are called and prevent the rc.subr framework from redirecting stdout and stderr to /dev/null. This is used to allow debugging of failed actions. | + | -dnbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;Setting this option will print the function names as they are called and prevent the rc.subr framework from redirecting stdout and stderr to /dev/null. This is used to allow debugging of failed actions. |
| -f.........This option only affects the start action. It will forcibly start the daemon whatever value daemon_flags is set to. If daemon_flags is set to “NO”, execution will continue with the script's own defaults unless other flags are specified. | -f.........This option only affects the start action. It will forcibly start the daemon whatever value daemon_flags is set to. If daemon_flags is set to “NO”, execution will continue with the script's own defaults unless other flags are specified. | ||
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| * Then we'll create a rc.d script in /etc/rc.d dir by name of "hopm" | * Then we'll create a rc.d script in /etc/rc.d dir by name of "hopm" | ||
| * Then We'll lauch the process by calling "rcctl start hopm" with root priviledge | * Then We'll lauch the process by calling "rcctl start hopm" with root priviledge | ||
| - | ===== Creating rc.d file for hopm ===== | + | ===== Creating rc.d file for process (hopm) ===== |
| Now give following commands - | Now give following commands - | ||
| <code> | <code> | ||
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| doas nano hopm | doas nano hopm | ||
| </code> | </code> | ||
| - | In nano editor add the following code | + | In nano editor add the following code daemon should be set equal to "/path/to/daemon" |
| <code> | <code> | ||
| #!/bin/ksh | #!/bin/ksh | ||
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| doas rcctl enable hopm | doas rcctl enable hopm | ||
| </code> | </code> | ||
| - | First command will start the hopm with root priviledge system daemon and second command | + | First command will start the processs(hopm) with root priviledge system daemon and second command will enable it to be restarted automatically at booting up. |
| - | will enable it to be restarted automatically at booting up. | + | |
| * Syntax errors when hopm is running in foreground. This is either the result of missing brackets where needed in config file, or that the file has DOS encodings. See [[https://github.com/ircd-hybrid/hopm/issues/22#issuecomment-301276082]] here. The missing brackets where it was needed may come from the previous section, compared to the line/s where it is indicated by hopm when executed. | * Syntax errors when hopm is running in foreground. This is either the result of missing brackets where needed in config file, or that the file has DOS encodings. See [[https://github.com/ircd-hybrid/hopm/issues/22#issuecomment-301276082]] here. The missing brackets where it was needed may come from the previous section, compared to the line/s where it is indicated by hopm when executed. | ||