Hi,

 

Thanks a lot...

Its working from root user login.

If I use the same command from non-root user login, iam getting error.

I used:

launchctl -u <username> unload /System/Library/LaunchAgents/<plistfile>

Unknown user:<username>

 

I  want to use a generic command from my shell script to unload the plist file which is applicable for both root and non-root user login.

Is it possible?

 

Thanks

 

>>> Thomas Clement <tclementdev@gmail.com> 12/22/2011 2:40 PM >>>

Hi,

You should try:

launchctl -u root unload /System/Library/LaunchAgents/<plistfile>

Thomas

On Dec 22, 2011, at 6:00 AM, Nandini Vijayashankar wrote:

Hi,

 

I want to know how does launchd start the user defined launchagents service when a "root" user logs in to the system.

 

Iam using Mac 10.6

 

I have a launchdaemon and launchagent present in /System/Library/LaunchDaemons and /System/Library/LaunchAgents.

 

When I login with a non-root user, my launchagent service is started as that logged in user.

I can unload this service using "launchctl unload /System/Library/LaunchAgents/<plistfile>"

 

If I login as root user,my launchagent  service is started and working fine.But its not started as logged in user ie., root.

If I try to unload through "launchctl unload /System/Library/LaunchAgents/<plistfile>" I get error:

launchctl : Error unloading <id>

 

This is because the service is not launched as root user.

 

Above scenarios are working fine in Mac 10.5 as root and non-root user.

 

When i see my launchagent service in Activity monitor, the parent process is the per-user launchd instance.

The parent process of this launchd is system launchd with pid 1.

 

I have tried to list the service using various commands:

launchctl list

launchctl bslist

sudo launchctl list

 

All these are not showing my launchagent service.Is there any special way, launchd launches launchagents service when a root user logs in Mac 10.6?

 

How can i unload my launchagent service when the root user logs in?

 

 

 

 

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