[Bulk] Re:starting a service on use

[Rajinder Yadav]

On 10-10-10 12:30 PM, Yanni Chiu wrote:
> On 10/10/10 1:20 AM, Rajinder Yadav wrote:
>> On 10-10-08 09:56 AM, Lennart Sorensen wrote:
>>> On Thu, Oct 07, 2010 at 06:52:12PM -0400, 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.
>>
>>
>>> So really, if you want a service, run it all the time, unless it
>>> supports
>>> inetd, in which case it can handle it.
>>
>> i trying to setup a headless x11vnc server...
>
> Now we have a better idea of what kind of service you're trying to start.
>
> If you happen to have Apache running on your server, you could piggyback
> on the proxy mechanism. I can look up some specifics, if you're
> interested, but the basic idea is to configure Apache to run a script
> based on a certain URL. That script should start your VNC server. The
> start up script can then throw away the proxy connection from Apache.
>
> I'm not sure how you could stop the VNC server. Maybe another script
> that located the VNC server process, by knowing the portno it's using,
> then killing the process.
>

i managed to get a setup that is working, i like the idea of just 
ssh(ing) into the box and starting x11vnc when i need it.

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Kind Regards,
Rajinder Yadav
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