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Launchd is a process management daemon, similar to "init". It is commonly used on Darwin-based systems.

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launchctl - remove enabled/disabled override

On OS X Yosemite (10.10), is there any way to remove the enabled/disabled override setting for a service? For example, to permanently disable non-existent service 'test' for root, do this: sudo launchctl disable user/0/test Check that it has been…
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What are the OS X session types, and what do they mean?

I've been trying to find out the meaning of LimitLoadToSessionType in launchctl on OS X (Lion). After scouring the internet, it seems the value can be one of: Aqua, LoginWindow, Background, StandardIO and System. Are there any missing, and more…
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How should I clean up the launchd StandardOutput or StandardError logs?

I've got a program that runs as a launchd agent, and I have stdout and stderr sent to a log file using the StandardErrorPath and StandardOutputPath keys. I'm quite keen on having stdout/stderr logged somewhere, and it seems like having launchd set…
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launchctl sub commands load and unload says its legacy sub commands on mac os x 10.10. how to replace this sub commands with other

I have found that the launchctl sub commands like load/ unload listed in legacy sub commands on mac os x 10.10. So my question is how to launchctl to load/unload demons present at /Library/LaunchDaemons/ I visited the link. using this I do sudo…
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Run a shell script periodically on Mac OS X without root permission

I want to start up a file with .sh type or .py on mac os x without using root , I searched in google and found launchctl can help me , so i read tutorial and do same in tutorial but it not work for me , [i using mac os x 10.9 x64] My .plist file…
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Making Mac OSX launchctl launch a process as root on startup

My question is how to make a MacOSX daemon process using launchd start with root privileges automatically after a reboot? I'm writing an application for in house use that blocks access to web sites. It is written in python and modifies the…
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Starting/stopping a launchd agent for all users with GUI sessions

I need to be able to start/stop a per-session GUI agent from a root level daemon. Similar issues are discussed here, here and here. What I want to be able to do is basically for num in `ps ax | grep [s]bin/launchd | cut -c 1-5`; do if [ $num…
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Binding on privileged ports (ports < 1024) on Mac OS X 10.6

Do you know how to remove restriction on binding to ports < 1024 with a user account that is not root on Mac OS X?
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Is it possible to detect Power Nap / DarkWake mode in OSX

I have a daemon process started via launchd. This will be running even during DarkWake and has no time to finish before OS X goes back to sleep again. I can think of the following solutions, but didn't find a way to achieve this. Don't make this…
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setenv variable with spaces in launchd.conf?

I'm a Linux user that just recently got a mac. I'm trying to set up my IDE and found out that Macs don't use .bashrc / .bash_profile / etc. for GUI apps. So, if you have a GUI app that needs an environment variable, you're apparently supposed to do…
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MacOS: Manually force a daemon to start

I've created a plist file in the /Library/LaunchDaemon/ The computer on which it runs cannot be restarted (server thing), it's running MacOS Tiger. I expected the following command to do the job, but it states it's not meant to be run…
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Mac OS X daemon using Objective-C - launchd

I'm new in Mac OS X world but I have skills on Windows dev. I need to develop a daemon (on Windows will be Windows Service) that uploads/downloads files from a Web Service. My question is: is it possible to create an app written in Objective-C that…
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SMJobBless failed with CFErrorDomainLaunchd Code 9

Does anybody know what does that error code mean? I get SMJobBless error with this return code value. Failed to bless helper: Error Domain=CFErrorDomainLaunchd Code=9 "The operation couldn’t be completed. (CFErrorDomainLaunchd error 9.)" I googled,…
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How to remove pm2 from startup (on mac)

I experimenting with pm2, which is a process manager for node.js applications. I tried their pm2 startup utility which generates and installs a startup script for pm2 when the system restarts. I tried this on my mac, and it works flawlessly. The…
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Is there a way to update SMLoginItemBookmarks data on launchd overrides.plist

I'm working on an OS X app that most users choose to "launch at login", the kind you'd find at the menu bar. In order to launch it at login I'm using SMLoginItemSetEnabled to launch a LoginHelper app that will open the main app, as described in this…
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