Posts by old_user70993

1) Questions and Answers : Unix/Linux : Can't start boinc in background (Message 11905) Posted 18 Apr 2005 by old_user70993 Post: > I run BOINC as a cron job: > > # Start BOINC > /10 * * * cd /home/trane/boinc; ./boinc_4.19_i686-pc-linux-gnu > 1>>./boinclog > 2>>./boincerr > > Set up the job under your normal user account. It will start automatically > regardless of whether you're logged in. > Another way of starting BOINC without intervention is to use an init script. You will need root access to do this. The following is the init script /etc/init.d/boinc: #!/bin/sh # # BOINC init script # # chkconfig: 345 98 10 # description: control script for boinc # # Source function library. . /etc/rc.d/init.d/functions # Source networking configuration. . /etc/sysconfig/network # Check that networking is up. [ ${NETWORKING} = "no" ] && exit 0 [ -x /boinc_4.19_i686-pc-linux-gnu ] \|\| exit 0 # See how we were called. case "$1" in start) su tzt83492 -c "cd /home/tzt83492/cp ; ./boinc_4.19_i686-pc-linux-gnu >> boinc.log 2>&1" & ;; stop) # Stop daemons. killproc boinc_4.19_i686-pc-linux-gnu TERM ;; status) status boinc_4.19_i686-pc-linux-gnu ;; restart) $0 stop $0 start ;; reload) $0 stop $0 start ;; *) gprintf "Usage: boinc {start\|stop\|restart\|status}\n" exit 1 esac exit 0 -------------------------- You will need to edit this and replace with the relevant path. Once this script is in place run chkconfig --add boinc and it will start next time the system is rebooted or when you run "/etc/init.d/boinc start"