[rancid] Re: launchd and rancid

[Josh Rogers]

Using your springboard script did the trick.  Thanks so much for the help,
I've been struggling w/this for a bit now.

-Josh

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On Sun, Jul 26, 2009 at 6:50 AM, Daniel Medina <daniel.medina at gmail.com>wrote:

> On Sat, Jul 25, 2009 at 09:09:50PM -0500, Josh Rogers wrote:
> > So, when I run launchctl export as any user, I see the $HOME var set
> > correctly, but as root it ONLY includes $PATH.
> >
> > This should be no big deal since I'm running the plist as www.
> >
> > Here is the plist (I'm new to launchd, so this may be completely wrong).
> > its currently disabled because its not running correctly, but other than
> > that, can you see anything wrong with it that would cause my problem?
>
>  I would strongly suggest wrapping up what you have in a shell springboard,
> EX:
>
>    $ cat rancid-springboard.sh
>    #!/bin/bash
>
>    HOME=/Path/to/homedir
>    export HOME
>
>    # Test what we have in our env
>    printenv > /tmp/rancid-springboard.log
>
>    /opt/local/libexec/rancid/rancid-run -m user at domain.com
>
> and then replace ProgramArguments in your plist.  This way you have a bit
> more control over the env outside of whatever launchd is doing.
>
>  Let me know how it goes...
>
> > <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
> > <!DOCTYPE plist PUBLIC "-//Apple Computer//DTD PLIST 1.0//EN" "
> > http://www.apple.com/DTDs/PropertyList-1.0.dtd">
> > <plist version="1.0">
> > <dict>
> >         <key>Disabled</key>
> >         <true/>
> >         <key>Label</key>
> >         <string>Rancid</string>
> >         <key>Nice</key>
> >         <integer>1</integer>
> >         <key>OnDemand</key>
> >         <false/>
> >         <key>ProgramArguments</key>
> >         <array>
> >                 <string>/bin/sh</string>
> >                 <string>-c</string>
> >                 <string>/opt/local/libexec/rancid/rancid-run</string>
> >                 <string>-m</string>
> >                 <string>user at domain.com</string>
> >         </array>
> >         <key>StartCalendarInterval</key>
> >         <dict>
> >                 <key>Hour</key>
> >                 <integer>6</integer>
> >                 <key>Minute</key>
> >                 <integer>26</integer>
> >         </dict>
> >         <key>StartInterval</key>
> >         <integer>43200</integer>
> >         <key>UserName</key>
> >         <string>www</string>
> > </dict>
> > </plist>
>
> --
> Daniel Medina
>
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