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Cannot get rc.local to automatically run at all
so I've been trying to get the /etc/rc.local script to run, and for the life of me, nothing seems to work. I can run it manually by using service rc.local start, and it just echos 'hi' to a file in my ...
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Upstart Job as Unprivileged user fails with permission denied
I'm trying to set up a Sage Cell Server (an open source mathematical engine) running as an unprivileged user. I've created the unprivileged user sagecell to do the job. It is installed correctly and, ...
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How to manage 2 vm using upstart?
I use an upstart script to monitor a vm and respawn it when it gets killed. I would like to simulate a failover by doing the following. Create a clone of the VM1 say VM2. When either of them is ...
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What's the status of Upstart on Debian?
I know that this question already got asked before, but it's pretty old and things have changed (probably).
Already in 2009 the news rumbled, that Debian was going to switch to Upstart. You were able ...
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is upstart and supervisord used for the same thing?
I have a some jvm based processes that I need to make sure start whenever my server is rebooted, and also if it stops because of an unexpected error etc.
I'm running Ubuntu 12.04 in case in matters.
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Upstart script produces folder with question mark at the end. Why? [duplicate]
Possible Duplicate:
Bash/Korn shell script edited on Windows throws error ‘…^M: not found’
I'm writting an Upstart job to run Postgresql:
description "PostgreSQL 9.1 Server"
author ...
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Ubuntu12.04: How to disable a daemon process at startup
I normally use service start/stop or initctl start/stop to start or stop a daemon process but now what I am looking for is to disable a daemon process from starting at startup example mysqld.
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Upstart: How to respond to startup of a service, thats not part of Upstart?
I'm running Ubuntu server and playing around with Upstart. I have installed PostgreSQL database server which doesn't use Upstart system, however im also writting an Upstart script that starts another ...
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Upstart: How to run a “stop” before stopping other services?
I recently found out about the upstart "service starter" that Ubuntu is using and that is (apparently) the future to start/stop jobs in Linux.
It's pretty new to me (I was used to the old SysV system ...
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How to keep upstart installed-always, don't be replaced by sysvinit?
Each time I do apt-get dist-upgrade, the package sysvinit comes back and replaced upstart. Well, I have some scripts written for upstart, and I need to reinstall it every time (typing the annoying ...
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Chkconfig on Linux Mint 12 giving tons of errors
I'm trying to disable some services from starting at boot time on my Linux Mint 12 laptop.
So I installed chkconfig, which has worked great for me before on Fedora.
However, on Linux Mint 12, it gives ...
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upstart-udev-bridge is using 100% CPU (and a known fix doesn't help)
I'm running Linux Mint 12 on a Latitude D630 and every time I start my laptop (and sometimes when I come back from being suspended), top shows that upstart-udev-bridge is using 100% CPU (and if I do ...
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How is upstart's socket activation used?
Upstart has gained the ability to start a process after a socket is accessed, but I found the feature to be poorly documented. How is a socket-activated daemon and upstart config written?
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linux launch script /etc/init with a specific user
I've created a script in /etc/init/mms-agent.conf :
start on runlevel [2345]
stop on runlevel [06]
exec /usr/bin/env python /home/mms/mms-agent/agent.py >> /home/mms/agent.log 2>&1
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Changing user in a script?
I am trying to change user in order to execute a specific command during startup. It fails silently and apparently the userchange isn't carried out as I can tell that the command isn't executed.
What ...
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Running a bash script as a less privileged user with upstart
This is the script, /home/jack/myscript.sh, which I want to run:
export JAVA_HOME=/usr/lib/jvm/java-6-sun-1.6.0.26/
/home/jack/myapp/apache-tomcat-6.0.32/bin/./catalina.sh run
The upstart file, ...
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Upstart - when a given event occurs, in what order are the jobs run?
I am using Ubuntu 10.04.3, and am using upstart as the init daemon (pretty sure this is the default).
When a given event occurs, in what order are the jobs run? Specifically, I'm referring to jobs ...
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Is it possible to export env variable via Upstart?
I need to export a variable FOO=stringhere so that system processes could use it. And the place I would like to do this, is Upstart job.
Unfortunately, I tried as per Upstart manual to do env ...
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How to disable graphical shell?
I have a Linux system (Ubuntu) running in a VM, but now I want to disable the graphical shell. Where in the startup process are the graphical components launched? Is it some run-level dependent ...
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Upstart on Debian?
I created an upstart script in Ubuntu, thinking it would be the same for Debian. But Debian doesnt have a /etc/init folder that Ubuntu has. I went to the upstart download page and seeing that they ...
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What are the pros/cons of Upstart and systemd?
It appears systemd is the hot new init system on the block, same as Upstart was a few years ago. What are the pros/cons for each? Also, how does each compare to other init systems?
