Invalid daemon kind specified

[ImanMousavi]

func main() {
srv, err := daemon.New(name, description, daemon.SystemDaemon)
if err != nil { // <-- Invalid daemon kind specified
errlog.Println("Error: ************************", err)
os.Exit(1)
}

service := &Service{srv}
status, err := service.Manage()
if err != nil {
	log.Fatal(status, "\nError: ", err)
}
fmt.Println(status)


rand.Seed(time.Now().UnixNano())

}

[NateThornton]

If you're running on MacOSX; the simple example will not work as daemon.SystemDaemon is not supported. Try changing it to a different kind like GlobalDaemon

daemon/daemon.go

Lines 211 to 232 in 496d691

	const (
	// UserAgent is a user daemon that runs as the currently logged in user and
	// stores its property list in the user’s individual LaunchAgents directory.
	// In other words, per-user agents provided by the user. Valid for macOS only.
	UserAgent Kind = "UserAgent"
	// GlobalAgent is a user daemon that runs as the currently logged in user and
	// stores its property list in the users' global LaunchAgents directory. In
	// other words, per-user agents provided by the administrator. Valid for macOS
	// only.
	GlobalAgent Kind = "GlobalAgent"
	// GlobalDaemon is a system daemon that runs as the root user and stores its
	// property list in the global LaunchDaemons directory. In other words,
	// system-wide daemons provided by the administrator. Valid for macOS only.
	GlobalDaemon Kind = "GlobalDaemon"
	// SystemDaemon is a system daemon that runs as the root user. In other words,
	// system-wide daemons provided by the administrator. Valid for FreeBSD, Linux
	// and Windows only.
	SystemDaemon Kind = "SystemDaemon"
	)

[ImanMousavi]

Tank you

[prologic]

Just trying out your package. The "problem" on macOS is that neither UserAgent nor GlobalDaemon really "daemonize" the process. Is this a bug?

[doothez]

Just trying out your package. The "problem" on macOS is that neither UserAgent nor GlobalDaemon really "daemonize" the process. Is this a bug?

Below code work for me for both MacOS and Linux.

func main() {
	var kind daemon.Kind
	switch runtime.GOOS {
	case "darwin":
		kind = daemon.GlobalDaemon
	default:
		kind = daemon.SystemDaemon
	}
	srv, err := daemon.New(name, description, kind, dependencies...)
	if err != nil {
		errlog.Println("Error: ", err)
		os.Exit(1)
	}
	service := &Service{srv}
	status, err := service.Manage()
	if err != nil {
		errlog.Println(status, "\nError: ", err)
		os.Exit(1)
	}
	fmt.Println(status)
}