On Wed, Dec 2, 2009 at 3:55 AM, Robert Bielik <robert.bielik at xponaut.se> wrote: > Ok, I think I'm going nuts. I simply want to startup a Java Service like so: > > daemon --pidfile=$PIDFILE --user $USER "cd $WORKING_DIR && /usr/bin/java $DAEMON_ARGS >/dev/null 2>&1 &" > > I can get it to startup alrite, but the litte "thingy" is that I have no way of getting the process ID of the > started service to put in the PIDFILE, in order for me to later on be able to stop the service. > (I can have up to 5 of these Java services running, each needing a different pidfile). > > This is a BREEZE to do in Debian/Ubuntu with start-stop-daemon! I use the Java Service Wrapper to run JBoss in CentOS 4. A little work to set up, but it works great once you get it figured out. My version is s few years old now, so I can't speak for what may have changed in the meantime. http://wrapper.tanukisoftware.org/doc/english/download.jsp -- Jeff