Anders Johansson wrote: > On Saturday 08 September 2007 11:27:59 Sorin Peste wrote: > >> Hello, >> >> My google-fu seems to be weak today 'cause I can't find a good answer to >> this problem. >> >> I have a server program. [<program> start] starts the server, >> [<program> stop] stops it. I want to make it run as a daemon on an >> openSUSE 10.2 installation, so it will start / exit cleanly. >> >> Bonus: >> - running it as a different user >> - listing it in YaST / system services. >> >> Thanks for any hints, >> Sorin >> > > Write an init script for it. There is a file /etc/init.d/skeleton which you > can use as a starting point. Just copy that to whatever name you want, and > edit it. > > Services are normally started with startproc, which takes a parameter "-u > user" to let you run as a different user > > And once you've written the script and made it executable, it will > automatically show up in YaST's services module > > Anders >
Thanks a lot, that worked great. -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
