From: ara.t.howard@...
Date: 2006-07-12T01:34:41+09:00
Subject: Re: Nuby Q: Daemonize (other materials have been read!)

On Wed, 12 Jul 2006, Rogue Amateur wrote:

> Rogue Amateur wrote:
> [snip, in follow up]
>
>> Ok, ignorance again:
>> 1) this means I can't do the fork within the script itself?
>> 2) suppose the any_other_command isn't in the default ruby library?  do
>> I supply the full path to call?  Will it allow me to pass along
>> arguments?
>> (I'll be trying it, as I await a response...)
>>
> [snip again]
>
> I tried it:
> ./daemon.rb ./my_Script.rb
> it dies without comment.
>
> running ./my_Script.rb, however, works as expected.  Notions?

it doesn't die - it starts the script as a daemon.  check in top.

regarding the setuid/gid bit - your local guru is simply wrong - you cannot do
that from withint a script.  google around a bit.  your options are to use
sudo, which is designed to do exactly this, or my _ruby code, which is a
specialized version that accomplishs much the same thing.  in either case you
will require root privledges to setup the setuid binary or sudo permission if
you go that route.

cheers.

-a
-- 
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makes the suffering disappear.
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