On 26 Sep 2014 15:17, "Jerry Geis" <geisj at pagestation.com> wrote: > 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. > Did you see the template I made for you in your other thread on this subject? I suspect you will need the following in the [service] section Type=forking RemainAfterExit=yes Unless you are using the notify api you should not have that else it'll be considered a failed start... If after adding the above you still have issues respond with the output of systemctl status <service name> after trying systemctl start to start it