systemd: Can Type=simple be used with a wrapper script?

Richard Shaw hobbes1069 at gmail.com
Mon Apr 16 15:34:18 UTC 2012


On Mon, Apr 16, 2012 at 10:30 AM, Nils Philippsen <nils at redhat.com> wrote:
> On Mon, 2012-04-16 at 10:24 -0500, Richard Shaw wrote:
>> I'm working on a package that uses a wrapper script to start the
>> daemon, so as the subject says:
>>
>> Can I use Type=simple if the daemon uses a wrapper script or am I
>> stuck with Type=forking?
>
> AIUI yes, but you have to exec the real binary, i.e. the PID of your
> daemon mustn't change lest systemd thinks your daemon died.

So really no :)

That's OK, I can use forking...

Thanks,
Richard


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