Re: [squid-users] Start squid using launchd on Mac OS X

Hello Steve,

Wednesday, July 20, 2005, 21:28:07, Steve Hoelzer wrote:

> Hi,

> I'm using squid on Mac OS X 10.4. OS X includes a new program called
> launchd that is supposed to replace cron, RC, xinitd, and other
> methods of controlling what runs when. [1] My problem is that I can't
> get it to start squid automatically at boot.

> I created a minimal plist like this:

> <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
> <!DOCTYPE plist PUBLIC "-//Apple Computer//DTD PLIST 1.0//EN"
> "http://www.apple.com/DTDs/PropertyList-1.0.dtd">
> <plist version="1.0">
> <dict>
> <key>Label</key>
> <string>com.startsquid</string>
> <key>ProgramArguments</key>
> <array>
> <string>squid</string>
> <string>-N</string>
> </array>
> <key>OnDemand</key>

I'm not a Mac OS X expert, but OnDemand here looks like it won't start
automatically.

> <false/>
> </dict>
> </plist>

> And saved it as ~/Library/LaunchAgents/com.startsquid.plist

> Then I load the job with
> launchctl load ~/Library/LaunchAgents/com.startsquid.plist

> and squid starts. If I kill squid, it gets restarted automatically.
> That's just what I want. But, when I reboot, squid doesn't start. Any
> ideas?

-- 
Best regards,
 Andrey Shorin