On Fri, Sep 26, 2014 at 10:16:49AM -0400, Jerry Geis wrote: > Ok I created my script this morning > > [Unit] > Description=Connections > After=network.target > > [Service] > Type=notify > ExecStart=/home/silentm/bin/mystart > > [Install] > WantedBy=multi-user.target > > I put it in the correct directory, I rebooted and I see that > my mystart script runs- programs start up but then > they are killed with signal 15... > > Is there something else that allows them to continue to run? > the mystart runs the needed programs then it does exit. > I presume that mystart exit is killing the children. > > Whats the magic to let the children continue.? Since you're using Type=notify, does your daemon use sd_notify (or equivalent) to notify when it has finished starting up? -- Jonathan Billings <billings at negate.org>