I was just curious to know if Apple was providing a way to integrate
third-party's server softwares (running as daemons or equivalent)
into Mac OS X's Server administration tools. It doesn't appear to be
the case.
What I want is to make our software (a server sofware based of the
4th Dimension database engine) run as a "daemon", which means for us :
- be started before any login occurs
- run in the background with no interface
- continue to run even if a user logs out after logging in.
We can achieve this on Windows by running our software as a
"service". I was looking forward the same kind of functionnality on
Mac OS X (Server or not).
By reading answers on this mailing-list (thanks to everyone for your
help), I am getting to the conclusion that there is two possible ways
(Startup Item or deamon) but none is totally satisfying :
- creating a StartupItem allows us to start our software before any
logon but it doesn't make it faceless (because 4th Dimension
certainly uses Mac OS X's Windows server), neither does it prevent it
from exiting when a user logs out
- working as daemon seems impossible because of the 4th Dimension
uses of Mac OS X's Windows server and other "visible" APIs.
If you know a way to make an application run as a "daemon" even it
has not been developed in with this goal in mind, I'be glad to know?.
Thanks.
Eric
As Jaime already explained it, the administration software provided
by Apple allows to administer a consistent set of services. That
is, you'll get through that interface a surprising integration of
selected services, that would require a lot of work to have them to
cooperate under another environment.
Now, you didn't describe which "service" you have the intent to
run: it could well be that a raw Mac OS X (ie, a client one, not a
server one) could just do the job; remember, you are in an unix
world (plus all the goodies brought by the Mac OS).
Could you tell us a bit more about what you want to achieve?
Axel
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