VServer Questions

[Ruslan Zasukhin]

On 6/15/06 8:44 PM, "Russ Tyndall" <fitzbew at nc.rr.com> wrote:

Hi Guys,

>>> I would love to know how to get it to start and stay "up" whether someone
>>> logs in/logs off, etc.. I'm sure there is some way to do it via terminal or
>>> by adjusting some unix setting(s) on OS X --- but I haven't stumbled across
>>> it yet.
>> 
>> I just started playing with VServer so I haven't experimented with
>> this.  This works for me though (VServer stays open after closing
>> terminal window):
>> 
>> sudo echo
>> sudo /Library/StartupItems/VServer_Office/VServer_Office start &
>> 
>> I got this example from http://www.entropy.ch/software/MacOSx/mysql/
>> 
> 
> Well, this solves part of my problem.  I can start Vserver in Terminal using
> your suggestions and Vserver stays running even when I close the terminal
> session.

Interesting tip. I will add it into WIKI
 

> But, when the user logs out, Vserver still quits. This is on X.4.6, Vserver
> 2.3, Protocol 2.0, Kernel 2.3.
> 
> This expectation (that Vserver remains running despite a user logging off)
> is rational, correct?  The reason I question this at all is that I visited a
> client site yesterday in which they had servers sitting around in an obvious
> "logged in" state.  It occurred to me that perhaps I was being naïve in
> expecting this.

Yes this is correct expectation... I have meet not so war so topic on Apple
and tech notes about this issue it seems. It discuss different between
startup items and login items,...

But I can say that it seems OpenBase behave like Valentina here..
Not 100% sure although.

May be Shaun will add light on this issue.

-- 
Best regards,

Ruslan Zasukhin
VP Engineering and New Technology
Paradigma Software, Inc

Valentina - Joining Worlds of Information
http://www.paradigmasoft.com

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