[14:00] <xaka> hello there! i have service A and B, and i want A to be running when B starts. the problem is that i can't modify A's config file. what can i do?
[14:02] <xaka> i know i could use "start on A" in B config file, but i dont want to start it automatically when A starts
[14:44] <lnykryn> why can't you modify A?
[14:46] <xaka> it's provided by ubuntu (the package) so i can't/don't want to modify it
[14:46] <xaka> i need someting like "REQUIRED" in rcNG or "dependencies" in SMF
[14:46] <lnykryn> xaka: so you can't override it by override file
[14:47] <xaka> nope, because that means i would have to maintain it for ever
[14:47] <xaka> i just need to start A if it's not running when i start B
[14:49] <lnykryn> another ugly solution would be to start a with pre-start stanza
[14:50] <xaka> that is what i'm looking at at the moment :) but that is really ugly, agree
[14:50] <xaka> it's like how packaging works - if you install B and it depends on A, apt-get will install A, but B wont be installed if only need A
[21:31] <mitsuhiko> hey everybody. how do i run jobs under a specific user?
[22:00] <jY> mitsuhiko: what version of upstart?
[22:00] <mitsuhiko> jY: whatever comes with ubuntu precise
[22:02] <jY> setuid and setgid
[22:02] <jY> setuid username
[22:02] <jY> for example
[22:03] <mitsuhiko> jY: i apparently fail very much at googling. where do i find docs for this?
[22:04] <jY> http://upstart.ubuntu.com/cookbook/#setuid
[22:04] <jY> it is new in 1.4
[22:06] <mitsuhiko> thanks
[22:06] <mitsuhiko> jY: i guess it would make sense to remove the wiki at this point
[22:07] <mitsuhiko> the stuff there is heavily outdated