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Robot: Cosmetic changes
== Why do it this way? ==
== Why do it this way? ==
* Your service will be watchdogged by systemd
* Your service will be watchdogged by systemd
* Your service will recover from network and power outages.
* Your service will recover from network and power outages.
* It allows other member's to help maintain your service, or disable it cleanly if it need attention.
* It allows other members to help maintain your service, or disable it cleanly if it need attention.
* It's great for IRC bots
* It's great for IRC bots
You also have sudo (root user) access.
sudo uname -a
sudo uname -a
sudo useradd strup -b /srv/ -m -r
sudo useradd strup -b /srv/ -m -r
The creates a user named <code>strup</code>. The -b indicates the base home directory is /srv/, and therefore the system accounts home directory is /srv/strup/
== Working with SystemD ==
== Working with SystemD ==
Initially, in my example, I see <quote>ircbot: /home/PS1/hef/projects/strup/irc/main.cpp:45: int main(int, char**): Assertion `file.is_open()' failed.</quote> because I havn't created a file yet.
Initially, in my example, I see <code>ircbot: /home/PS1/hef/projects/strup/irc/main.cpp:45: int main(int, char**): Assertion `file.is_open()' failed.</code> because I havn't created a file yet.
=== Working with Service Files ===
=== Working with Service Files ===
sudo su strup
sudo su strup
Your are now running as the user ''strup'', but you are now in the user's home directory. Running <code>cd</code> without parameters will switch to the current user's home directory.
cd
cd
My example requires a file from project gutenberg.
My example requires a file from project gutenberg.
After verifying that the service is starting and running correctly:
After verifying that the service is starting and running correctly:
sudo systemctl status strup
sudo systemctl status strup.service
Enable the service
Enable the service
sudo systemctl enable strup
sudo systemctl enable strup.service
The service is now configured to start when the machine reboots.
The service is now configured to start when the machine reboots.
