Which is the simplest way to exclude an user from a launchd agent?

Posted by compriots on Super User See other posts from Super User or by compriots
Published on 2010-04-21T23:05:29Z Indexed on 2010/04/21 23:14 UTC
Read the original article Hit count: 315

Filed under:

launchd

|

plist

|

user

|

filter

I have some launchd plists that are now placed at the administrator per-user level, particularly inside:

/Library/LaunchAgents /Library/LaunchDaemons

I'd like to avoid that some of those services could start only for one user (possibly avoiding to move all the plists to each ~/Library/LaunchAgents), which is the simplest way?

Thanks in advance.

© Super User or respective owner

Related posts about launchd

Why is iTunes starting and stopping play randomly, and how do I stop it?

as seen on Super User - Search for 'Super User'
Since yesterday morning my copy of iTunes has been starting and stopping randomly. If iTunes is not running, then it opens and sometimes begins playing, other times sits idle. Eventually, after a random interval it will begin playing a song, and then stop, and so on... Needless to say, it's driving… >>> More
Stop a runaway launchd process on OS X Leopard

as seen on Super User - Search for 'Super User'
I created a launchd .plist file to in order to have a python script run every hour. I ended up editing and later deleting the .plist file ( in /Library/LaunchDaemons )... but somehow launchd is still trying to run the script.. The file that the original .plist was calling is also no longer present… >>> More
How to register an agent with launchd

as seen on Super User - Search for 'Super User'
I’m unable to schedule a periodic launch with launchctl/launchd on OS X (Leopard). Basically, I’m unable to find a step-by-step list of instructions on the web and the intuitive approach doesn’t work. The sync.plist file: <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?> <!DOCTYPE plist PUBLIC "-//Apple… >>> More
Use an environment variable in a launchd script

as seen on Server Fault - Search for 'Server Fault'
I'm curious if it's possible to specify an envrionment variable in the ProgramArguments portion of a luanchd script on Mac OS X Leopard. <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?> <!DOCTYPE plist PUBLIC "-//Apple//DTD PLIST 1.0//EN" "http://www.apple.com/DTDs/PropertyList-1.0.dtd"> <plist… >>> More
Launchd item no longer firing in Snow Leopard

as seen on Super User - Search for 'Super User'
A launchd item that was working in 10.5 is no longer working after my upgrade to 10.6. I am running 10.6.2 and I have recreated the launchd item and given it a new name and that one doesn't run either. I have found a link of people with the same problem on google groups but none of the advice in… >>> More

Related posts about plist

Update a tableView with a plist took from another table

as seen on Stack Overflow - Search for 'Stack Overflow'
Background: I have a tab bar application, which has a tableView as the "heart" of the app. It loads data from a plist and, through a button that checks if there are any updates on the remote plist file, updates the local plist with the remote contents. Then, i have another tableView, that should… >>> More
Java Plist XML Parsing

as seen on Stack Overflow - Search for 'Stack Overflow'
Hello everyone, I'm parsing a (not well formed) Apple Plist File with java. My Code looks like this: InputStream in = new FileInputStream( "foo" ); XMLInputFactory factory = XMLInputFactory.newInstance(); XMLEventReader parser = factory.createXMLEventReader( in ); while (parser.hasNext()){… >>> More
Can I create a custom plist structure definition?

as seen on Stack Overflow - Search for 'Stack Overflow'
When editing plist files in XCode, it can detect the type of plist and show human-readable strings to make it more easy to edit the file. The Info.plist, for example. Thanks to This question, I found the (or a) place where it stores that structure definition, as InfoPlistStructDefs.xcodeplugin.… >>> More
How to create xml plist for Xcode from Excel spreadsheet

as seen on Stack Overflow - Search for 'Stack Overflow'
I have a spreadsheet, the contents of which I would like to include as an xml plist in my Xcode project. However, I can't figure out how to actually perform the export from Excel and the import into Xcode. Any help would be greatly appreciated please. >>> More
Saving a single NSMutableDictionary in a plist

as seen on Stack Overflow - Search for 'Stack Overflow'
I have one dictionary I need to save into a plist. The paletteDictionary always returns nil: - (void)saveUserPalette:(id) sender { [paletteDictionary setObject:matchedPaletteColor1Array forKey:@"1"]; NSArray *paths = NSSearchPathForDirectoriesInDomains(NSDocumentDirectory, NSUserDomainMask… >>> More