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Non root user processes dies

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Name: Stefan
Date: February 19, 2003 at 02:36:28 Pacific
Subject: Non root user processes dies
OS: Solaris 8
CPU/Ram: doesn´t matter

Comment:

Hi!
My problem:
I run a background process as a non root user
but when I close the terminal window the process dies and all child processes also.
This does not happen when I start the process from a BASH shell though.
This is a java process and the line in the script that starts the process looks like this:
exec su $USER -c "exec my_commands > /dev/null 2>&1" &

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Response Number 1

Name: Hamid
Date: February 19, 2003 at 05:01:28 Pacific
Subject: Non root user processes dies

Reply: (edit)

Why not try nohup command, the process will continue to run when you terminate your session:
try something like this:
nohup su $USER -c "exec my_commands > /dev/null 2>&1" &
Mind you nohup may get confused with redirect ">" output as it produces its own output file called nohup.out

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Response Number 2

Name: Stefan
Date: February 19, 2003 at 05:46:48 Pacific
Subject: Non root user processes dies

Reply: (edit)

Works perfect, thanks alot for your quick answer.

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