Questions tagged [daemon]
Daemons are programs which run in the background in multitasking operating systems. On Unix-like operating systems the names of many daemons end in the letter "d".
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cant start systemd - Failed to get D-Bus connection
I am trying to setup a daemon width systemd on Debian.
systemd was already a part of the distro.. Have just added a new unit file my-daemon.service under /etc/systemd/system/ but after reboot I get ...
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Cannot Start Exim Daemon on Cygwin
I've been unable to start the Exim daemon after installing it in Cygwin on Windows 10.
At the end of the exim-config setup, the daemon fails with this message:
Do you want to start the exim daemon ...
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Recompiling and restarting a daemon
I am developing a server daemon. I already have a functional version of this server running, but I've now compiled a new version of it. How do I replace the current process with the new one?
Can I ...
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Restart a daemon without root in OSX
On OSX 10.10 I created a plist file in /Library/LaunchDaemons/ to start at launch an OpenVPN connection. However I encountered DNS problems when going from an internet interface to another (as WiFi to ...
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Systemd run daemon at boot like System V
I'm configuring a Java app to run at boot using jsvc, following this tutorial which uses systemv (init.d). I'm running Ubuntu 16.04, which uses systemd, and am having a hard time finding exactly what ...
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Why won't my init.d service start?
I bought a Raspberry Pi 3 a couple of weeks ago and have been playing with it for a long while. I'm running Raspbian Lite headless and one thing I want to do is run some stuff on boot. Nothing ...
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Is it possible to run a launch agent as a user with sudo permissions?
I have an executable that needs to run every time a user logs in. It needs to run in the context of that user, but with root permissions, as if the user had run it with sudo.
I have looked through ...
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How to kill a daemon in Linux?
Note: Before you mark this question as duplicate, please note that I've tried all the solutions that I could get online, but still I'm unable to resolve the problem.
I ran daemon through the ...
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Unable to load daemon and service exit with a return value of 3
Could someone help me with this problem? It seems like I can't execute the startDSEService.sh file. The permission allowing execution of the file is ticked and I tried chmod +x path/of/startDSEService....
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DSE Servers not found and unable to initialize hash chunk service
I'm following this opendedup guide from github (https://github.com/opendedup/sdfs).
However, I'm stucked at the DSE server part whereby need to mount a volume. Anybody can guide me through solving the ...
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LaunchAgent has undesired root access
I am having a problem getting my LaunchAgent to run as a normal (not-root) user. Everything I've read implies this should be the default behavior. The expectation is that if you put the plist in /...
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How to find on which port the TFTP server is running?
How to find remotely on which port the TFTP server is running on FreeBSD? The standard UDP port 69 is not listed amongst open ports when scan FreeBSD server with IP scanner.
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The '/var/run/supervisor.sock' file is not being created when I use Supervisord
I'm running Supervisord on my Ubuntu 14.04 server and everything works fine. I deploy using a git push and upon deployment I also need to restart my application server (gunicorn) which I can ...
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daemon /etc/init.d/ error when run as daemon but script works fine from command line
It errors when run from /etc/init.d
sudo /etc/init.d/openconnect start
* Starting open connect xxx.somedomain.com openconnect
start-stop-daemon: unable to start /usr/local/bin/op_connect.sh (Exec ...
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public key authentication not working with "ssh/sftp Daemon" on android
I can sftp to my android device using password.
However i can not set up this using public key auth.
$ ssh -vvv [email protected]
SSHD Server
debug1: Authentications that can continue: publickey,...
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How to run an SSH server on a laptop?
I want to create a program that allows a user to SSH into their laptop. But there is a serious problem: laptops sleep when they close. In particular, I believe this cannot be disabled on OS X. Does ...
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Perform Background Tasks in Low Power Mode - Possible?
Is there a way to schedule low power background activities to be performed while a computer is idle, sleeping, or even powered off?
Until recently I would have thought the answer was unconditionally "...
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How can I enable arbitrary users to edit files in '/opt' sub-tree?
I am user 'somebody'. I have a typical "Web blob" website ecosystem ( essentially an FS sub-tree starting at Apache's typical "htdocs" directory ).
Its files are owned by 'root', and grouped to '...
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bash: show names of background jobs in the bash prompt
It would be cool if the bash prompt can be used a a mini task bar.
Can the bash prompt (PS1) show the names of the jobs listed in the jobs command?
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Start a systemd user service at boot
I am trying to start a systemd service for a specific user (service name/goal is not relevant). I do that because I need to have a per user process of an application running at startup.
Here is what I ...
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emacs --daemon doesn't successfully start the server
I am attempting to set up a systemd daemon for emacs in NixOS.
When I added a systemd unit, I noticed that it was continually restarting over and over again.
I discovered that this was because when I ...
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OS X - How to get simple launchd daemon working on Yosemite and El Capitan
I am no stranger to launchd on OS X. I've created several daemons in the past, last with Mountain Lion Mavericks.
However, I seem to be struggling to get the most simplest of plists working on ...
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Docker - Error starting daemon
I have tried to install Docker to my RPI on Arch Linux and got the following error message, when try to start a new container.
FATA[0000] Error starting daemon: Error initializing network
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Do Unix-based Systems retain Daemons or Hardware Information post-Reboot?
Background:
I dual-boot Mac OSX Yosemite and Ubuntu 15.04 on a Macbook Pro Retina with rEFInd boot loader. I have a customized daemon for controlling the fans on Ubuntu, the reason being that I have ...
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What is the name of the daemon process of mysql in OS X?
I have just installed mysql in OS X and this code works fine:
String url = "jdbc:mysql://localhost:3306/";
String dbName = "information_schema";
String driver = "com.mysql.jdbc.Driver";
String ...
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start ddclient as daemon with systemd
I'm trying to start ddclient as daemon in my Ubuntu 15.04, which now uses systemd, but was unable to even following the Ubuntu wiki at https://help.ubuntu.com/community/DynamicDNS to words.
I've ...
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How to daemonize a bash script only if --daemon flag is given?
I have my script.sh and want to run it with ./script.sh or ./script.sh --daemon, having it remain in the foreground unless the --daemon flag is given, in which case it should detach and go into the ...
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Service com.apple.quickook doesn't stop from restarting
Running Mac OS X 10.2.2 in MacBookPro model MacBookPro11,2.
I'm having this issue that I could find using console application:
A daemon named com.apple.quicklook deosn't stop from restarting after 0 ...
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Does anyone know what "discoverd" daemon is?
Saw this process running in Activity Monitor. Not sure what it does...anyone seen this before?
Tried searching for list of "normal" mac os daemons but most lists are incomplete. Have not found any ...
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Can I use /etc/init/ on Debian Wheezy to manage a daemon process?
I want to run a PHP daemon process and found a solution at Stackoverflow but unfortunately its not working. Now I thought Upstart is not installed since Debian still uses System V. I have two ...
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Can't start MySQL to reset root password
I've installed mysql-server on a Linux box and forgot (oops) the root password. Having looked around the internet, the general method is so:
Stop MySQL (sudo service mysql stop)
Start MySQL in ...
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Increasing Yosemite maxfile limit for Application
I've been trying to up the maxfile limit and maxfileperproc limit on Yosemite, with no luck. I have created a sysctl.conf file in the etc folder, which has successfully increased the values when ...
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Where to log stdout and stderr of a daemon
I am writing my first linux daemon and I am wondering where to log its stdout and stderr. It is going to work for all users. I guess I could do it wherever I wanted, I just wonder if there are some ...
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Customize mailer-daemon error messages in LAMP
I need to customize bounce and error messages sent from MAILER-DAEMON in a LAMP environment. Instead of the standard message
From: [email protected]
To: [email protected]
Subject: Mail ...
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how can I run a java application as daemon?
I use to run an application in CentOS with the command
nohup java -jar AnalyticsBackend.jar &
Now I want to run this application as daemon i.e. on reboot, this application shoud start running ...
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How can I queue a script to run the next time a system is up and connected to the internet?
I'm using mailsend (on a Mac) to send mail from the command line. I'd like to set this up such that I can execute a send command, but if my system is disconnected from the internet, that command is ...
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What's the difference between docker.io and docker?
Trying to learn docker here but I am a bit confused on what the difference is between docker.io and docker. Is docker.io the daemon server and docker the client? Why does the daemon need to run all ...
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Will re-installing MySQL remove or delete existing databases?
If I reinstall MySQL, without removing the actual MySQL installation, would it rewrite all files without deleting my databases?
My problem is my mysqld is broken, due to the fact that I accidentally ...
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linux: monitor logfile for a string and execute script
I want to monitor a logfile (syslog) on my linux debian box. So if there is a new entry with a secific string, i want to execute a script.
The strings are "alarm start" and "alarm end"
So it should ...
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Logstash agent doesn't run as a daemon on MAC OS X 10.9.1
I need to run the logstash agent as a Daemon on an MAC OS X System whenever the system boots up
terminal: /usr/local/logstash/bin/logstash agent -f /usr/local/etc/cvlog.conf
Per terminal the program ...
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init.d service doesn't start
I have installed ushareand want to start is with booting. sudo service ushare startworks, and there is a link to start ushare in /etc/rc2.d (and also rc3, rc4, rc5) and there are stop links in other ...
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SMTP listeners on a workstation?
I'm working on a Debian 7.30 (x64) workstation. I noticed I have a couple of SMTP listeners:
$ netstat -A inet,inet6 --listening | grep -i smtp
tcp 0 0 localhost:smtp *:* ...
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Killing daemon and closing port without ability to use 'lsof'
I have an application that spits out the time when it is requested from a client. I don't have permissions to use port 13, so I put it on a really high-numbered port. Now I can't kill that port, and I ...
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OpenVPN server issues
I am unable to connect to my OpenVPN server running on latest ArchLinux version, the port seems open if I scan from the outside, so im pretty sure its correctly forwarded, however the client displays "...
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How can I run the Trickle bandwidth throttler as daemon (trickled) on start-up?
I want to run the bandwidth throttler trickled automatically on boot up. (Raspbian OS on the Raspberry Pi). What methods are there, and which one(s) are standard practice? The options I've found are ...
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Launchd alternatives
I am writing an application that uses a library that will not work when the application is run as a launchd daemon. There is a bug in the library where it will throw a bus error when used from a ...
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Cross-platform daemon/service stop and start
Is there a tool which can control daemons/services in a cross-platform manner?
In programming there are different build tools that allow you to build software from source on different platforms; the ...
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How to monitor a service and restart if stopped in Linux
Actually I'm not so sure whether i should use Shell Scripts, or if there some ways already. But whatever approach we use, i would like to keep a Service running all the time.
Let's say apache2 as an ...
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How to run app on startup as different user?
I have MineCraft server, and I need run it every time I start Debian.
I solved it, but it always run as root.
I need it run as normal user.
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Teamviewer-like SSH daemon
I have a computer at home with SSH installed which I would like to be able to control remotely. However, I am not able to allow SSH port forwarding through my router, so the only way to get in would ...
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