Questions tagged [services]
On Windows, services are processes running regardless of users logging in. They provide access and features to different programs or processes. On Mac OS X, services are menu bar and context menu items available from any application that can act on a user's selection, like text or files.
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Transmission on Ubuntu: daemon is running but transmission-remote says Unauthorized User?
I installed Transmission on Ubuntu 20.04 with sudo apt install transmission-daemon.
After starting the service, when I try to get the status with transmission-remote -si I get:
Unauthorized User
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journalctl entries are logged using the same time, in 5minute intervals
I have a service which queries a database every second and print out results to console. When I look at journalctl I get a couple hundred lines that all have the same timestamp, and then the next ...
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Is there a way to close down a port used by a service during shutdown or boot?
I have some service listen.service which makes the machine act as a TCP server which other clients can connect to. The problem is once the service starts up, it doesn't actually do anything for about ...
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How can i use systemctl to start up a python program on startup in raspbian
I have a python program that receives some data from a different device and prints it to the console. I want to make this program run on startup, the way I read online to do so is by creating a ...
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Cleaning/Debugging services
I have a shell environment library where I maintain all types of checks and helpers functions for my bash/zsh environments (Linux and macOS). I like that periodic checks automatically inspect my OS' ...
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Startup script for Rock 4 SE running Debian
I am trying to run VLC player with a url as input when my Rock starts. I have created a unit file called startup.service and put it in.
/etc/systemd/system/startup.service
It looks like this:
[Unit]
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How to run WSL on Windows 11 boot as service
Postgres server on Debian should run on Windows 11 boot.
Debian was installed using
wsl --install Debian
Postgres in Debian using
sudo apt install postgresql-12
Created /etc/wsl.conf as described in ...
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Inconsistent values for %j across Systemd service and drop-in units
On a Debian system, let's say I have an instance systemd unit /lib/systemd/system/[email protected]:
[Unit]
Description=good old foo
[Service]
Type=oneshot
ExecStart=/bin/env echo "%%i=[%i] %%j=[%j]...
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I need help closing up some ports on a debian 10 server
I ran nmap on my server and i need help closing up a few ports
PORT STATE SERVICE VERSION
25/tcp filtered smtp
135/tcp filtered msrpc
139/tcp filtered netbios-ssn
445/tcp filtered ...
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"Windows Error Reporting" is missing from the services' list
I'm a Windows 10 user. Lately I'm dealing with frequent BSOD episodes (more or less twice a day) that don't appear to be triggered by any specific action of mine; actually they happen mostly when I'm ...
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Various Win10 issues: network, permissions, crashes, services
I run a clean Win10 as a VirtualBox guest in a Linux Host. I use it only for very specific tasks (no browsing) and there's very little software installed on it. Lately it's been behaving very strange.
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MIDI devices not visible anymore after removing services/devices
To reduce the DPC latency of my laptop I played around disabling/removing various drivers and services (without success though), possibly including.
However, I now notice that my MIDI devices do not ...
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Powershell Get-Service : how do I filter out the services that are disabled?
I'm trying to start multiple services using :
Get-Service SERVICE* | Start-Service
When Get-Service returns services that are disabled, I run into the following error :
+ CategoryInfo : ...
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How to check which services are using too much memory
I have a Windows 10 laptop that constantly has high memory usage, even on idle. I did a selective startup with Microsoft and Intel services only, but the memory usage was only marginally lower than ...
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Shell script crashing as systemd unit, works otherwise
I have written a simple shell script to change my wallpaper randomly by running swaybg on an interval, and killing old processes. This script should be POSIX compatible.
#!/bin/sh
set -e
interval=&...
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Noisy sound on Windows 10
The problem: When I let sound play (from Spotify, videogames, making music...) for some time, what seems like white noise eventually appears.
My setup:A desktop running windows 10, with an external ...
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How to fix "Failed to start VNC Server in Service Mode Daemon"
This problem first showed randomly when booting up my Kali Linux laptop, now it doesn't let me get into my desktop and shows me this error.
I can get into tty1 and I tried to start, stop and restart ...
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Displaying services running that are in the context of SYSTEM privileges using the Windows command line
I have been trying to figure out how to put together a proper way of doing this but using findstr to try and match the output of the services running does not seem to be properly doing it.
I have ...
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Where does the incoming Cable/Internet service provider wire (Comcast in my case), get terminated in my low voltage panel?
I was wondering where the incoming cable/service providers wire actually lands on a low voltage panel. It is a residential application & I'd like to learn more on how service actually gets passed ...
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Why does my custom launchd service fail with a status 78?
I was writing a service to execute a command when some file on my Macbook changes following Run Script on File Change on Mac OS X.
This is my service file (~/Library/LaunchAgents/my-service.plist):
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Getting Access is denied : java.io.FileNotFoundException while writing to file
Posting this question here cause it was closed on stackoverflow and considered as off topic
I have a java web application. Some important info about the app:
The web application runs on a service.
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Can't add Bluetooth devices (Couldn't connect error)
I recently installed a custom Windows iso (RekOs) but I can't get it to add Bluetooth devices. My Bluetooth drivers are up to date. My computer is discoverable on my phone, and I can connect to it ...
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User services in FreeBSD?
Say for instance I want to start up the emacs server for my user when I log in. In a systemd Linux system, I might make a unit file at ~/.config/systemd/user/emacs.service and enable it with systemctl ...
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container gets default port
i am new with containers and dockers. I just pulled centos:latest image and installed httpd and commited to image. When i run my image as a container it's gets default port 80/tcp, 8080/tcp. i haven't ...
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Job for service failed because the control process exited with error
I'm trying to run a service manually, and everytime I get the folling messages:
user1@machine:~/Tools/systemd_tools$ sudo systemctl status tool_fd.service
● tool_fd.service - automatic tool service
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How to start a Windows service with a different working directory than system32
Is there any way to start a service using sc (or any other tool) on Windows and set its working directory to a different one than C:\Windows\system32 (which is the default one) ?
I know I can specify ...
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Change IPFS repo location in daemon service
I'm working to create a service that maintains an IPFS daemon, as part of a private IPFS network.
To try & keep the IPFS into available to all users easily, I chose to initialize the IPFS repo in ...
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How list only systemd service names, and loop over them?
I would like to loop over systemd service names, but can find no option to output just the service names, and have tried using cut, but without success.
._. systemctl list-units | cut -f 1 -d=
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Why is systemd CPUQuota setting not visible in any <show> listings?
If I show the settings of my clamav systemd services, they do not display a CPUQuota setting. They display only CPUQuotaPerSecUSec settings.
._. systemctl show clamav* --all | grep CPUQuota
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How to Export List of All services and user owner stated on services.msc to csv
I want to export a list with all services and users owners "Log on as" from services.msc
In services.msc i can export the details to csv but the results are getting messy.
I saw THAT and ...
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