October 2008 - launchd-dev - lists.macosforge.org

SampleD failure with dynamic SockServiceName
by David Anderson 13 Aug '09

13 Aug '09

My intention is have launchd start a daemon on a dynamic port, publish the port number via bonjour, and then connect to this port after determining the port number using CFNetService (Bonjour). Starting from SampleD (and using the included client.pl), I can advertise the service on a hard-coded port via bonjour, lookup the port number using Bonjour Browser, modify client.pl to use this port, and connect using client.pl. The SampleD binary starts correctly in an OnDemand fashion correctly. If I change <key>SockServiceName</key> <string>12345</string> to <key>SockServiceName</key> <string>0</string> then lookup the dynamic port number using Bonjour Browser and configure client.pl to use this port, client.pl will NOT connect to this port and outputs this error: connect: Connection refused at ./client.pl line 77. With a dynamic port, I am unable to connect to this port using a modified client.pl. I can find no evidence that the SampleD binary is starting in an OnDemand fashion. Adding <key>OnDemand</key> <false/> has no effect. Is there anything different about the default configuration of a dynamic port vs a hard-coded port that would impeded the ability to connect to the dynamically assigned port? Thanks, Dave

3 2

LaunchDaemon unable to launch and causing messages in log
by pavan kumar 09 Dec '08

09 Dec '08

Hi, When I am trying to Launch my launchdaemon I am getting an error "Bug: launchd_core_logic.c:3011 (23585):0: initgroups(loginname, desired_gid) != -1" and my daemon is not getting launched. Please let me know what is the reason for this error. Thanks Pavan

3 7

fork & exit in Shell Script
by Charles Darwin 19 Nov '08

19 Nov '08

Hi all, I have a shell script that runs RunAtLoad. Here is the script: ######## /bin/test -f /Volumes/tutorials || /bin/mkdir -p /Volumes/tutorials && /sbin/mount_afp afp://username:password@url/tutorials/ /Volumes/ tutorials/ /bin/test -f /Volumes/homes || /bin/mkdir -p /Volumes/homes && /sbin/ mount_afp afp://username:password@url/homes/ /Volumes/homes/ ######## and here is the plist: ------------------ <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?> <!DOCTYPE plist PUBLIC "-//Apple Computer//DTD PLIST 1.0//EN" "http:// www.apple.com/DTDs/PropertyList-1.0.dtd"> <plist version="1.0"> <dict> <key>Label</key> <string>label</string> <key>ProgramArguments</key> <array> <string>path/to/script</string> </array> <key>StartCalendarInterval</key> <dict> <key>RunAtLoad</key> <true/> </dict> </dict> </plist> ------------------ It takes almost a minute after my users login to see the afp sharepoint mounted. Here is the log from syslog: ------------------ Oct 29 11:49:31 … loginwindow[240] <Error>: Login Window Started Security Agent Oct 29 11:49:31 … SecurityAgent[248] <Error>: Showing Login Window Oct 29 11:51:00 … launchd[204] <Warning>: <label>: exited with exit code: 58 Oct 29 11:51:00 … launchd[204] <Warning>: <label>: 9 more failures without living at least 60 seconds will cause job removal Oct 29 11:52:00 … launchd[204] <Warning>: <label>: exited with exit code: 58 Oct 29 11:52:00 … launchd[204] <Warning>: <label>: 8 more failures without living at least 60 seconds will cause job removal Oct 29 11:53:00 … launchd[204] <Warning>: <label>: exited with exit code: 58 Oct 29 11:53:00 … launchd[204] <Warning>: <label>: 7 more failures without living at least 60 seconds will cause job removal Oct 29 11:54:00 … launchd[204] <Warning>: <label>: exited with exit code: 58 Oct 29 11:54:00 … launchd[204] <Warning>: <label>: 6 more failures without living at least 60 seconds will cause job removal Oct 29 11:55:00 … launchd[204] <Warning>: <label>: exited with exit code: 58 Oct 29 11:55:00 … launchd[204] <Warning>: <label>: 5 more failures without living at least 60 seconds will cause job removal Oct 29 11:56:00 … launchd[204] <Warning>: <label>: exited with exit code: 58 Oct 29 11:56:00 … launchd[204] <Warning>: <label>: 4 more failures without living at least 60 seconds will cause job removal Oct 29 11:57:00 … launchd[204] <Warning>: <label>: exited with exit code: 58 Oct 29 11:57:00 … launchd[204] <Warning>: <label>: 3 more failures without living at least 60 seconds will cause job removal Oct 29 11:58:00 … launchd[204] <Warning>: <label>: exited with exit code: 58 Oct 29 11:58:00 … launchd[204] <Warning>: <label>: 2 more failures without living at least 60 seconds will cause job removal Oct 29 11:59:00 … launchd[204] <Warning>: <label>: exited with exit code: 58 Oct 29 11:59:00 … launchd[204] <Warning>: <label>: 1 more failure without living at least 60 seconds will cause job removal Oct 29 12:00:00 … launchd[204] <Warning>: <label>: exited with exit code: 58 Oct 29 12:00:00 … launchd[204] <Warning>: <label>: too many failures in succession ------------------ Does this have anything to do with "your daemon must not daemonize itself (fork and exit)"? (whatever that means) Any idea how I can fix it? Thanks, Charles

5 20

Phantom Plist
by Charles Darwin 20 Oct '08

20 Oct '08

Hi all, I have a launcd running on my system (as root) but I cannot find it. It launches a local afp share point using `mount_afp`. I have run `launchctl list` for all users, including the root user, and they all return blank (except the root user, see below). I have found the script that it uses for launching the share point but I cannot find the plist file that feeds the launchd. $ sudo ls /Library/Launch* && ls /Users/*/Library/Launch* && ls / System/Library/Launch* Password: /Library/LaunchAgents: /Library/LaunchDaemons: PACESupport.plist org.macports.OpenSSH.plist org.macports.rsyncd.plist /System/Library/LaunchDaemons: total 296 8 -rw-r--r-- 1 root wheel 1K Mar 20 2005 eppc.plist 8 -rw-r--r-- 1 root wheel 848B Aug 16 2007 distccd.plist 8 -rw-r--r-- 1 root wheel 828B Sep 29 14:36 ssh.plist 8 -rw-r--r-- 1 root wheel 800B Aug 31 2007 smbd.plist 8 -rwxr-xr-x 1 root wheel 794B Oct 6 17:00 com.apple.usbmuxd.plist* 8 -rw-r--r-- 1 root wheel 729B Mar 20 2005 printer.plist 8 -rw-r--r-- 1 root wheel 715B Sep 10 16:59 tftp.plist 8 -rw-r--r-- 1 root wheel 713B Oct 12 2007 com.apple.dnbvolunteer.plist 8 -rw-r--r-- 1 root wheel 697B Aug 31 2007 nmbd.plist 8 -rw-r--r-- 1 root wheel 692B Mar 24 2005 swat.plist 8 -rw-r--r-- 1 root wheel 682B Mar 20 2005 finger.plist 8 -rw-r--r-- 1 root wheel 678B Mar 24 2005 bootps.plist 8 -rw-r--r-- 1 root wheel 671B Mar 20 2005 ftp.plist 8 -rw-r--r-- 1 root wheel 628B Mar 26 2005 comsat.plist 8 -rw-r--r-- 1 root wheel 627B Oct 12 2007 com.apple.dnbobserver.plist 8 -rw-r--r-- 1 root wheel 627B Mar 20 2005 ntalk.plist 8 -rw-r--r-- 1 root wheel 625B Mar 20 2005 com.apple.periodic- weekly.plist 8 -rw-r--r-- 1 root wheel 623B Mar 20 2005 com.apple.periodic- monthly.plist 8 -rw-r--r-- 1 root wheel 615B Mar 20 2005 telnet.plist 8 -rw-r--r-- 1 root wheel 594B Mar 20 2005 com.apple.xgridcontrollerd.plist 8 -rw-r--r-- 1 root wheel 581B Mar 20 2005 login.plist 8 -rw-r--r-- 1 root wheel 579B Mar 20 2005 com.apple.periodic- daily.plist 8 -rw-r--r-- 1 root wheel 578B Mar 20 2005 exec.plist 8 -rw-r--r-- 1 root wheel 575B Mar 20 2005 shell.plist 8 -rw-r--r-- 1 root wheel 574B Mar 20 2005 com.apple.xgridagentd.plist 8 -rw-r--r-- 1 root wheel 566B Mar 20 2005 org.xinetd.xinetd.plist 8 -rw-r--r-- 1 root wheel 544B Oct 9 00:02 com.apple.ODSAgent.plist 8 -rw-r--r-- 1 root wheel 531B Mar 20 2005 org.postfix.master.plist 8 -rw-r--r-- 1 root wheel 524B Mar 26 2005 com.apple.portmap.plist 8 -rw-r--r-- 1 root wheel 516B Mar 20 2005 com.apple.syslogd.plist 8 -rw-r--r-- 1 root wheel 516B Mar 20 2005 com.vix.cron.plist 8 -rw-r--r-- 1 root wheel 495B Mar 20 2005 com.apple.KernelEventAgent.plist 8 -rw-r--r-- 1 root wheel 458B Aug 9 2007 com.apple.dashboard.advisory.fetch.plist 8 -rw-r--r-- 1 root wheel 447B Jan 8 2007 com.apple.mDNSResponder.plist 8 -rw-r--r-- 1 root wheel 446B Dec 14 2006 org.isc.named.plist 8 -rw-r--r-- 1 root wheel 445B Mar 20 2005 com.apple.atrun.plist 8 -rw-r--r-- 1 root wheel 437B Mar 20 2005 com.apple.nibindd.plist /System/Library/LaunchAgents: root# launchctl list com.google.keystone.daemon com.paceap.pacesupport com.apple.dashboard.advisory.fetch com.apple.dnbobserverd com.apple.KernelEventAgent com.apple.mDNSResponder com.apple.nibindd com.apple.periodic-daily com.apple.periodic-monthly com.apple.periodic-weekly com.apple.portmap com.apple.syslogd com.apple.usbmuxd com.vix.cron org.postfix.master org.xinetd.xinetd com.openssh.sshd Thanks, Charles

2 2

Phantom Plist
by Charles Darwin 20 Oct '08

20 Oct '08

Hi all, I have a launcd running on my system (as root) but I cannot find it. It launches a local afp share point using `mount_afp`. I have run `launchctl list` for all users, including the root user, and they all return blank (except the root user, see below). I have found the script that it uses for launching the share point but I cannot find the plist file that feeds the launchd. $ sudo ls /Library/Launch* && ls /Users/*/Library/Launch* && ls / System/Library/Launch* Password: /Library/LaunchAgents: /Library/LaunchDaemons: PACESupport.plist org.macports.OpenSSH.plist org.macports.rsyncd.plist /System/Library/LaunchDaemons: total 296 8 -rw-r--r-- 1 root wheel 1K Mar 20 2005 eppc.plist 8 -rw-r--r-- 1 root wheel 848B Aug 16 2007 distccd.plist 8 -rw-r--r-- 1 root wheel 828B Sep 29 14:36 ssh.plist 8 -rw-r--r-- 1 root wheel 800B Aug 31 2007 smbd.plist 8 -rwxr-xr-x 1 root wheel 794B Oct 6 17:00 com.apple.usbmuxd.plist* 8 -rw-r--r-- 1 root wheel 729B Mar 20 2005 printer.plist 8 -rw-r--r-- 1 root wheel 715B Sep 10 16:59 tftp.plist 8 -rw-r--r-- 1 root wheel 713B Oct 12 2007 com.apple.dnbvolunteer.plist 8 -rw-r--r-- 1 root wheel 697B Aug 31 2007 nmbd.plist 8 -rw-r--r-- 1 root wheel 692B Mar 24 2005 swat.plist 8 -rw-r--r-- 1 root wheel 682B Mar 20 2005 finger.plist 8 -rw-r--r-- 1 root wheel 678B Mar 24 2005 bootps.plist 8 -rw-r--r-- 1 root wheel 671B Mar 20 2005 ftp.plist 8 -rw-r--r-- 1 root wheel 628B Mar 26 2005 comsat.plist 8 -rw-r--r-- 1 root wheel 627B Oct 12 2007 com.apple.dnbobserver.plist 8 -rw-r--r-- 1 root wheel 627B Mar 20 2005 ntalk.plist 8 -rw-r--r-- 1 root wheel 625B Mar 20 2005 com.apple.periodic- weekly.plist 8 -rw-r--r-- 1 root wheel 623B Mar 20 2005 com.apple.periodic- monthly.plist 8 -rw-r--r-- 1 root wheel 615B Mar 20 2005 telnet.plist 8 -rw-r--r-- 1 root wheel 594B Mar 20 2005 com.apple.xgridcontrollerd.plist 8 -rw-r--r-- 1 root wheel 581B Mar 20 2005 login.plist 8 -rw-r--r-- 1 root wheel 579B Mar 20 2005 com.apple.periodic- daily.plist 8 -rw-r--r-- 1 root wheel 578B Mar 20 2005 exec.plist 8 -rw-r--r-- 1 root wheel 575B Mar 20 2005 shell.plist 8 -rw-r--r-- 1 root wheel 574B Mar 20 2005 com.apple.xgridagentd.plist 8 -rw-r--r-- 1 root wheel 566B Mar 20 2005 org.xinetd.xinetd.plist 8 -rw-r--r-- 1 root wheel 544B Oct 9 00:02 com.apple.ODSAgent.plist 8 -rw-r--r-- 1 root wheel 531B Mar 20 2005 org.postfix.master.plist 8 -rw-r--r-- 1 root wheel 524B Mar 26 2005 com.apple.portmap.plist 8 -rw-r--r-- 1 root wheel 516B Mar 20 2005 com.apple.syslogd.plist 8 -rw-r--r-- 1 root wheel 516B Mar 20 2005 com.vix.cron.plist 8 -rw-r--r-- 1 root wheel 495B Mar 20 2005 com.apple.KernelEventAgent.plist 8 -rw-r--r-- 1 root wheel 458B Aug 9 2007 com.apple.dashboard.advisory.fetch.plist 8 -rw-r--r-- 1 root wheel 447B Jan 8 2007 com.apple.mDNSResponder.plist 8 -rw-r--r-- 1 root wheel 446B Dec 14 2006 org.isc.named.plist 8 -rw-r--r-- 1 root wheel 445B Mar 20 2005 com.apple.atrun.plist 8 -rw-r--r-- 1 root wheel 437B Mar 20 2005 com.apple.nibindd.plist /System/Library/LaunchAgents: root# launchctl list com.google.keystone.daemon com.paceap.pacesupport com.apple.dashboard.advisory.fetch com.apple.dnbobserverd com.apple.KernelEventAgent com.apple.mDNSResponder com.apple.nibindd com.apple.periodic-daily com.apple.periodic-monthly com.apple.periodic-weekly com.apple.portmap com.apple.syslogd com.apple.usbmuxd com.vix.cron org.postfix.master org.xinetd.xinetd com.openssh.sshd Thanks, Charles $ system_profiler SPSoftwareDataType |grep 10 System Version: Mac OS X 10.4.11 (8S165)

1 0

launchd bug message
by Mike Tegtmeyer 02 Oct '08

02 Oct '08

Hello, I am seeting this sporadically in my log files: Oct 1 10:59:12 pawl com.apple.launchd[1] (com.apple.seatbelt.compilerd[954]): Bug: launchd_core_logic.c:6685 (23646):0: mspolicy_new(target_j, target_service, flags & BOOTSTRAP_ALLOW_LOOKUP, flags & BOOTSTRAP_PER_PID_SERVICE, false) Oct 1 11:00:05: --- last message repeated 1 time --- Stock leopard 10.5.5 server. Googling for a few keywords in the error message doesn't turn up much. Is this familar to anyone? Thanks, Mike

2 1