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diff --git a/doc/todo/server-level_daemon__63__.mdwn b/doc/todo/server-level_daemon__63__.mdwn index 931c9219b..544624031 100644 --- a/doc/todo/server-level_daemon__63__.mdwn +++ b/doc/todo/server-level_daemon__63__.mdwn @@ -186,3 +186,18 @@ Now this is not without problems: 3. it is Debian-specific (a proper init script would be POSIX only and/or a `.service` file) Maybe using [metainit](https://wiki.debian.org/MetaInit) would be a good idea here? --[[anarcat]] + +> This strikes me as a bad idea if the system has regular desktop etc +> users; the assistant can already start itself when they login and +> a separate user has the same problems the separate mpd user seems to; +> of separating the user from the files that effcetively belong to them. +> +> It's fine if you're doing something more specialized, but that seems +> like an unusual case and not one that git-annex should cater to. +> +> Anyway, it's about 5 lines to write a systemd service file. I've added +> `git annex assistant --autostop` that such a service can use if desired. +> +> Since I don't want to include that in git-annex and be stuck supporting +> it, and it should be easy for users to add if they need it, I think I'm +> going to call this [[done]]. --[[Joey]] |