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How does WSL/WSL2/WSLg work without systemd?
As I've understood it, systemd is Linuxes' "master"-daemon, managing all other processes right after it has been started up and run its init-function.
Since I had this (now resolved) issue, ...
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Something kills Explorer
On the PC of my customer (MS Windows 10 pro 21H1 fully updated) there is some process that temporarily kills Explorer (the file manager daemon). As well, Explorer restores itself in few seconds.
How ...
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What's the difference between: a program, process, job, service, daemon, script, command? [closed]
Can someone clearly explain what's the difference between these terms?
Helpful previous answers:
What's the difference between an Application, a Process, and a Service?
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Daemon Process in Linux
I have read that daemon processes in Linux a result of double forking. Are all the daemon process a result of double forking or are there some exceptions?
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What's the difference between docker.io and docker?
Trying to learn docker here but I am a bit confused on what the difference is between docker.io and docker. Is docker.io the daemon server and docker the client? Why does the daemon need to run all ...
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How can I reboot system using Upstart?
I'm using Upstart on Ubuntu 12.04 to control and monitor a service defined by me, where the service is a user process running as a daemon.
I need to monitor it so, when it fails/crashes it respawns, ...
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Running – or only starting – a daemon using launchd
I'm trying to set up YouTrack on OS X Lion Server and have it launch at boot using launchd. I have downloaded the YouTrack jar file which I can successfully run from the command line using java -...
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How to automatically restart a linux background process if it fails?
I have a process which is executed by init.d script on the background. Eg:
case "$1" in
start)
/bin/myprocess &
stop)
killall myprocess
restart)
killall ...
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Daemon <||> Process control differences
With respect to this excellent post:
https://stackoverflow.com/questions/958249/whats-the-difference-between-nohup-and-a-daemon
I would like to ask the following:
After launching an application ...
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Supervisorctl stop all = stalled processes?
I'm running several PHP CLI scripts and monitoring them via Supervisor.
When I use supervisorctl to monitor them, the scripts show like this:
cleanup RUNNING pid 1805, uptime 0:00:41
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Stop a runaway launchd process on OS X Leopard
I created a launchd .plist file to in order to have a python script run every hour. I ended up editing and later deleting the .plist file ( in /Library/LaunchDaemons )... but somehow launchd is still ...
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