OT LaunchDaemon

[James Linder]

On 2 Oct 2016, at 11:53 AM, Brandon Allbery <allbery.b at gmail.com> wrote:
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> On Sat, Oct 1, 2016 at 11:43 PM, James Linder <jam at tigger.ws> wrote:
> I’m trying to run a rc.local at start up
> I created a launchdaemon
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> Did you load it? In 10.5 the keys in the launchd plist were sufficient, but this made per-user launchd config difficult; later versions store the "enabled" bit in per-uid databases (including for root) and require you to manipulate that database:
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>     launchd load -w /Library/LaunchDaemons/local.startup.plist
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> The -w is what updates the database so it will load on subsequent boots.
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> I've created several local launchd plists that way, and they work as long as I have specified any dependencies properly (i.e. making sure any needed subsystems are running; the only one that comes to mind for yours is probably diskarbitrationd, but I don't know offhand how you specify a dependency on it).

Brandon many thanks

as the magistrate says “that has a ring of truth to it”
It does not quite work for me (I ran launchctl not launchd) but it certainly will lead to the solution so thanks again
James