starting a service on use

[Digimer]

On 10-10-07 06:52 PM, Rajinder Yadav wrote:
> how do i start a service when a request comes in?
> i don't want the service running when the system boots up.
> 

I would suggest that, whatever app is called, checks the daemon's pid
file on start. If it doesn't exist, then have it start the daemon. With
this in place, disable the daemon's init.d script.

Detailed advice will require a detailed question. :)

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