Top "Daemon" questions

A daemon is a process or program that runs in the background (i.e. requiring no user interaction).

Varnish DAEMON_OPTS Options Errors

When using inline C with Varnish I've not been able to get /etc/varnish/default to be happy at start …

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celery: daemonic processes are not allowed to have children

In Python (2.7) I try to create processes (with multiprocessing) in a celery task (celery 3.1.17) but it gives the error: daemonic …

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Forcing work directory when executing jar file in systemd

I am attempting to start a jar from a systemd service, in linux. The jar that I am executing assumes …

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Run Qt application on startup as Linux daemon

I've developed a Qt application which contains a TCP server and such. I'm now trying to make Ubuntu packages and …

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How to write a linux daemon with .Net Core

I could just write a long-running CLI app and run it, but I'm assuming it wouldn't comply to all the …

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MacOS: Manually force a daemon to start

I've created a plist file in the /Library/LaunchDaemon/ The computer on which it runs cannot be restarted (server thing), …

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Why MUST detach from tty when writing a linux daemon?

When i tried to write a daemon under linux using C, i was told i should add following code after …

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Storing pid file for a daemon run as user

Is there a preferred place to store a pid file for a daemon that's run as a user? /var/run …

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.NET Service to Linux Daemon

I am writing a portable service/daemon using .NET 3.5, my windows service is running, but I was wondering about the …

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