Re: Making a non-root daemon process

2007-03-24 Thread Ben Finney
Ben Finney <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > Hmm. I typed the example program in as a simplified version of what > I'm doing; but didn't actually *run* it. When I do run it, I get no > exception, as you say. > > Now I'll have to find out what significant difference there is > between my failing code a

Re: Making a non-root daemon process

2007-03-23 Thread Ben Finney
"Leo Kislov" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > On Mar 22, 11:19 pm, Ben Finney <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > The problem I'm having is that 'os.setsid()' fails with 'OSError: > > [Errno 1] Operation not permitted' unless I run the program as the > > root user. This isn't a program that I want necessa

Re: Making a non-root daemon process

2007-03-23 Thread Leo Kislov
On Mar 22, 11:19 pm, Ben Finney <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Howdy all, > > For making a Python program calve off an independent daemon process of > itself, I found Carl J. Schroeder's recipe in the ASPN Python Cookbook. > http://aspn.activestate.com/ASPN/Cookbook/Python/Recipe/278731> > > This is

Making a non-root daemon process

2007-03-22 Thread Ben Finney
Howdy all, For making a Python program calve off an independent daemon process of itself, I found Carl J. Schroeder's recipe in the ASPN Python Cookbook. http://aspn.activestate.com/ASPN/Cookbook/Python/Recipe/278731> This is a thorough approach, and I'm cribbing a simpler process from this examp