My last suggestin, the one I suggested against then is going to be the
option you will want to use. On a suse server that starts in text mode
this is what you could do:
1) Create script that will start ethe OOo server as you desire, lets
call it oooserver. If you want to make it a complete init script then
have it accept arguments of start stop restart and do the appropriate
action depending on the call.
2) put this script into /etc/init.d some older systems have this
as /etc/rd.d/init.d
3) create links in /etc/init.d/rc3.d like so:
ln -s /etc/init.d/oooserver /etc/init.d/rc3.d/S99oooserver
ln -s /etc/init.d/oooserver /etc/init.d/rc3.d/K99oooserver (if you made
a real init script with stop option)
* change rc3 to rc5 if you are running in graphic mode or add them to
both so it starts up in either mode.
I am not sure of the details of running ooo in server mode, so the
script itself will have to be done according to your needs. but
basically it would look like this:
#!/bin/bash
case "$1" in
start)
echo -n "starting OOo server"
OOo -server #what ever the command is here
;;
stop)
echo -n "stopping OOo server"
killall OOo
;;
restart)
/bin/sh $0 stop
/bin/sh $0 start
;;
*)
echo "Usage: /etc/init.d/$0 {start|stop|restart}
;;
esac
On Mon, 2004-10-18 at 12:17 -0700, George Gambill wrote:
> Bill,
>
> Actually, RH 8.0 is an interman testing step. The end objective is to run OOo as a service on an IBM AS400 iSeries in a Linux (logical) partition (probably SUSE). OOo (via OOo's SDK) will serve the printing function for certian forms (looking at RTF format) from a servlet/Webshpere setup. Please don't ask what this means as I am not familure with Servlet's and/or Websphere.
>
> The objective is to permit our end users the ability to "simply" modify forms (i.e. checks) using Openoffice or Star Office (their choice), then the CGC software will use that modified RTF document to print the forms using OOo.
>
> I have a RH 8.0 server running and hope to test (and move dowh the learning curve) the feasibility of OOo running as a service.
> I thought there was somewhere at Linux boot time that would start services. I just don't know where it is.
>
> You introduce a very good point which till now went past me. That being OOo may need a Window, X, GUI (whatever you want to call it)
>
> Thanks again
>
> George
>
> > -----Original Message-----
> > Subject: Re: Running OpenOffice.org as a service at boot - RH8.0
> > From: Bill Warner <wwarner42@cox.net>
> > Date: Mon, 18 Oct 2004 11:25:37 -0700
> >
> > If using a desktop such as gnome or kde I would suggest putting it in
> > your desktop's session startup. You'll have to refer to your preferred
> > desktops configuration.
> >
> > If using the startx method you could add the appropriate
> > command to your
> > ~/.xsession or ~/.xinitrc file.
> >
> > Other methods, would involve finding the start additional applications
> > option in your preferred window manager.
> >
> > >From your posted question I think you were talking about
> > having it start
> > at boot time. I don't think this would be the best way to do
> > it but you
> > could create an init script and place it in /etc/init.d and create a
> > link to /etc/rc<your default run level>.d/S99<script name>. I am not
> > even sure if this would work because it would be started as root. The
> > other three methods are what I would suggest.
> >
> > -Bill
> >
> > On Mon, 2004-10-18 at 09:49 -0700, George Gambill wrote:
> > > One of the lists at OOo suggested starting OOo as a service
> > from the command line by using the "-server" argument.
> > >
> > > There must be a way to have the system automatically start
> > OOo as a service when booting!
> > >
> > > Any suggestions at to the method to use here?
> > >
> > > George
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