42_matt-daemon (42Porto - Advanced Cursus)

Done in collaboration with Nuno Machado

Description

Simple UNIX daemon for System-V based systems (using the double fork() technique).

Demonstration

Features

• Handles 3 simultaneous clients sending messages to register on the logfile;
• "quit" command to close the daemon;
• Lock and PID file management.

Installing and running

1. Install required dependencies

sudo apt-get install c++ make

2. Clone this repository and navigate to its folder

git clone https://github.com/Kuninoto/42_matt-daemon matt-daemon && cd matt-daemon

3. Build and run (requires root privileges to create folders and files under /var/log and /var/lock)

sudo make run

Useful links

Creating a daemon in Linux
How to create a daemon in Linux
What is a daemon - definition
daemon man
setsid() man
What is the reason for performing a double fork() when creating a daemon
Double fork() - why?
Why fork() twice

License

This project is licensed under the GPL3 license - see the LICENSE file for more details.

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Made by Nuno Carvalho (Kuninoto) | nnuno-ca@student.42porto.com