Experimental Physics and
Industrial Control System

"Konrad, Martin" <[email protected]> · Tue, 28 Jun 2016 19:00:31 +0000

Hi Andrew,
> Thanks. Doesn't the "user=carepeater" parameter mean that there must
> be a username called carepeater that is used just to run the
> repeater? I would probably default to something like daemon instead.
I usually create a separate user for each daemon. But using "daemon"
sounds more reasonable for a file that ships with EPICS Base.

>> Are you suggesting to replace the caRepeater autostart
>> functionality by systemd's socket activation in the long run?
> Not replacing it (we will always need it to autostart for when an IOC
> is running on an embedded system say), but adding the ability to use
> socket activation when desired would make sense.
I see. Unfortunately I don't have time to add that feature right now but
it shouldn't be too hard to do. See [1] for a nice description of
systemd's socket activation including some example code.

Cheers,

Martin

[1] http://0pointer.de/blog/projects/socket-activation.html

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Experimental Physics and Industrial Control System

Experimental Physics and
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