Hi,

I have been programming in Microsoft Windows for some time now, using VB VC C++ C, and recently have decided to look into a project where Linux is going to be a far superior solution than Microsoft due to it's flexibility.

I have done some simple test projects in Linux developing a couple of terminal programs, some X windows gui apps all in c++. However I have a project that is slightly different and I am at a loss to what documentation I should be searching for to get it going.

I basically want to create a set of services for a Linux Server, I want the services to have the following behaviour:
- Run regardless of whether or not a user is logged into Linux or not
- Be able to be started or stopped from the Server control panel.

Can someone do me a big favour and point me in the direction of the appropriate API documentation?

Thanks a mill in advance

LinuxProg101

Welcome to LQ.

Linux doesn't have a "Server control panel". This is a function within a specific distribution. Perhaps you could let us know what you will be using.

Hi David,

Thanks for your reply, I am currently running Red Hat 8 and the X windows has a simular service control panel to Windows, however I want to run something that is not reliant on X windows, I gather there is no real api for linux you simply need to modify a boot record (like my old dos days), the thing I am unsure of where it is and whether it will run ok without a user logged in to the system?

Thanks again

LinuxProg101

It will run irrespective of the user logged in or not. You can even make it as a module or a daemon and turn it into a seperate process which runs irrespective of the user. Here it will have its own user id and own user group and will have its own permissions .