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

Stray Proccess Log message
by Geoff Franks 18 Mar '08

18 Mar '08

I have a previously-cronned job that I'm moving to launchd on my new 10.5 server. It runs every 10 minutes, and causes the following entry to show up in the syslog: Feb 21 15:43:45 server1 com.apple.launchd[1] (edu.buffalo.hwi.raidutil[43977]): Stray process with PGID equal to this dead job: PID 43983 PPID 1 sendmail The script the launchd job runs calls sendmail a the end of it, so my guess is that the script finishes, while sendmail is still running, and then launchd has to clean up after the script exits, so tries to kill the sendmail process. However, my emails are all going through and seemingly working properly. Additionally, I specified the AbandonProccessGrop <true/> key in the plist so it wouldn't try cleaning up the other processes spawned. Shouldn't this take care of the log message? Geoff Franks Sr. Systems Administrator Hauptman Woodward Institute

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Global Login Items
by Jeremy Reichman 22 Feb '08

22 Feb '08

I realize this is not specifically related to launchd but I was reading Technote 2083 about the following: "Global Login Item A global login item is a login item that is launched when any user logs in. Installing a global login item is roughly equivalent to installing that login item for all users on the system: every time a user logs in, loginwindow launches that user's login items and all global login items. In Mac OS X 10.5 and later you can install a global login item using the shared file lists interface to Launch Services." Questions: A) is there a better list to ask about this? B) can these be installed/managed the way normal login items are, via a plist (loginwindow.plist contains login items in the User Domain) in the Local Domain along with supplying the executables it points to? C) how is this support different in 10.5 vs. the editing of /Library/Preferences/loginwindow.plist, which has been possible in the past? I ask because I have specific needs for Global Login Items (i.e. items run in the user context at login time, often with a GUI, in contrast to LaunchAgents -- which don't work in Tiger -- and the LoginHook). Up until this point, it has been something of a workaround to run them (especially lacking MCX and a directory service), although it could be done. For example: <http://macenterprise.org/content/view/105/77/> Thanks! -- Jeremy

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launchd (257) not building
by Ryan Spaulding 11 Feb '08

11 Feb '08

Hi All, I am trying to build launchd for 10.5.1. I downloaded the source from the following URL: http://www.opensource.apple.com/darwinsource/10.5.1/ Below is the error output from running ./configure then make: mac919:launchd ryans$ make Making all in src cd .. && /bin/sh /Users/ryans/launchd/launchd-257/launchd/missing -- run autoheader rm -f stamp-h1 touch config.h.in cd .. && /bin/sh ./config.status src/config.h config.status: creating src/config.h config.status: src/config.h is unchanged make all-am gcc -DHAVE_CONFIG_H -I. -no-cpp-precomp -F/System/Library/ PrivateFrameworks -Wall -Wextra -Waggregate-return -Wshadow -Wmissing- prototypes -Wmissing-declarations -Werror -D__MigTypeCheck=1 - fvisibility=hidden -Dmig_external=__private_extern__ -I/System/ Library/Frameworks/System.framework/PrivateHeaders -g -O2 -MT launchctl-launchctl.o -MD -MP -MF .deps/launchctl-launchctl.Tpo -c -o launchctl-launchctl.o `test -f 'launchctl.c' || echo './'`launchctl.c In file included from launchctl.c:24: liblaunch_private.h:27:24: error: quarantine.h: No such file or directory In file included from launchctl.c:24: liblaunch_private.h:116: error: syntax error before ‘qtn_proc_t’ cc1: warnings being treated as errors liblaunch_private.h:116: warning: no semicolon at end of struct or union liblaunch_private.h:119: error: syntax error before ‘}’ token launchctl.c:31:35: error: CoreFoundation/CFPriv.h: No such file or directory launchctl.c:74:23: error: bootfiles.h: No such file or directory launchctl.c: In function ‘do_sysversion_sysctl’: launchctl.c:2961: warning: implicit declaration of function ‘_CFCopySystemVersionDictionary’ launchctl.c:2961: warning: assignment makes pointer from integer without a cast launchctl.c:2965: error: ‘_kCFSystemVersionBuildVersionKey’ undeclared (first use in this function) launchctl.c:2965: error: (Each undeclared identifier is reported only once launchctl.c:2965: error: for each function it appears in.) launchctl.c: In function ‘do_application_firewall_magic’: launchctl.c:3030: error: ‘SO_EXECPATH’ undeclared (first use in this function) launchctl.c: In function ‘do_bootroot_magic’: launchctl.c:3090: error: syntax error before ‘kBootRootActiveKey’ make[2]: *** [launchctl-launchctl.o] Error 1 make[1]: *** [all] Error 2 make: *** [all-recursive] Error 1 Should I be downloading from subversion or am I missing something. I have been building launchd under Tiger for a while and have never run into any issues building it. Thank you, Ryan

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LaunchD crashing daemon in 10.5
by Carl Smith 09 Feb '08

09 Feb '08

I have an agent and daemon that I have installed and running on a 10.5 system. The problem I am having is when I do an 'update' the call from 'sudo launchctl unload /System/Library/LaunchDaemons/com.mycompany.mydaemon.com' my daemon receives a SIGTERM and aborts and the rest of my install procedures fails. My project consists of an agent and a daemon. The plists that I use 'launchctl unload' on live in the following areas: Daemon = /System/Library/LaunchDaemons/ Agent = /Library/LaunchAgents/ I use 'sudo launchctl unload ...' for the daemon and 'launchctl unload ...' for the agent. This 'update' works fine in 10.4 but fails under 10.5. I can install my agent and daemon fine I just can't seem to 'unload' gracefully running in the 10.5 enviroment. Any suggestions or help would greatly be appreciated. Carl

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