# Replacement package for "daemonize" in Rocky Linux 9 **URL:** \ **Category:** Rocky Linux Help & Support\ **Created:** [January 5, 2023, 3:43pm UTC](https://forums.rockylinux.org/t/replacement-package-for-daemonize-in-rocky-linux-9/8444 "2023-01-05T15:43:27Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 8\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![blionnel15](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/c37758/32.png) [@blionnel15](https://forums.rockylinux.org/u/blionnel15)\ **Post date:** [January 5, 2023, 3:43pm UTC](https://forums.rockylinux.org/t/replacement-package-for-daemonize-in-rocky-linux-9/8444/1 "2023-01-05T15:43:27Z")
Hi, I am trying to update an ansible playbook by including Rocky Linux 9 servers. I have a list of rhel 8 server packages that need to be install on those Rocky 9 servers. In this list I have the “daemonize” package and I am not able to find on the web the replacement package for Rocky Linux 9 release. ---
**Author:** ![iwalker](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/user_avatar/forums.rockylinux.org/iwalker/32/2599_2.png) [@iwalker](https://forums.rockylinux.org/u/iwalker)\ **Post date:** [January 5, 2023, 4:14pm UTC](https://forums.rockylinux.org/t/replacement-package-for-daemonize-in-rocky-linux-9/8444/2 "2023-01-05T16:14:32Z")
`daemonize` in EL8 was packaged by EPEL repository, so you could make a request to EPEL for them to package this for EL9. > **[EPEL Package Request](https://docs.fedoraproject.org/en-US/epel/epel-package-request/)** > > Learn more about Fedora Linux, the Fedora Project & the Fedora Community. Another alternative is to download the daemonize src rpm from Fedora: [Overview - rpms/daemonize - src.fedoraproject.org](https://src.fedoraproject.org/rpms/daemonize) For example, the src.rpm I downloaded from Fedora 36: [https://kojipkgs.fedoraproject.org//packages/daemonize/1.7.8/3.fc36/src/daemonize-1.7.8-3.fc36.src.rpm](https://kojipkgs.fedoraproject.org//packages/daemonize/1.7.8/3.fc36/src/daemonize-1.7.8-3.fc36.src.rpm) Of which I then installed and ran mock to build the rpm myself: ```auto mock daemonize-1.7.8-3.fc36.src.rpm ``` this way, you can at least build it yourself and use it, at least until it is requested and appears in EPEL. ```auto Wrote: /builddir/build/RPMS/daemonize-debuginfo-1.7.8-3.el9.x86_64.rpm Wrote: /builddir/build/RPMS/daemonize-1.7.8-3.el9.x86_64.rpm Wrote: /builddir/build/RPMS/daemonize-debugsource-1.7.8-3.el9.x86_64.rpm Finish: rpmbuild daemonize-1.7.8-3.fc36.src.rpm Finish: build phase for daemonize-1.7.8-3.fc36.src.rpm INFO: Done(daemonize-1.7.8-3.fc36.src.rpm) Config(default) 2 minutes 46 seconds INFO: Results and/or logs in: /var/lib/mock/rocky+epel-9-x86_64/result Finish: run [ian@rocky9 ~]$ ls /var/lib/mock/rocky+epel-9-x86_64/result/ build.log daemonize-debuginfo-1.7.8-3.el9.x86_64.rpm installed_pkgs.log daemonize-1.7.8-3.el9.src.rpm daemonize-debugsource-1.7.8-3.el9.x86_64.rpm root.log daemonize-1.7.8-3.el9.x86_64.rpm hw_info.log state.log ``` and package install: ```auto [root@rocky9 result]# dnf localinstall daemonize-1.7.8-3.el9.x86_64.rpm Last metadata expiration check: 4:43:42 ago on Thu 05 Jan 2023 12:38:20 PM CET. Dependencies resolved. ==================================================================================================== Package Architecture Version Repository Size ==================================================================================================== Installing: daemonize x86_64 1.7.8-3.el9 @commandline 24 k Transaction Summary ==================================================================================================== Install 1 Package Total size: 24 k Installed size: 36 k Is this ok [y/N]: y Downloading Packages: Running transaction check Transaction check succeeded. Running transaction test Transaction test succeeded. Running transaction Preparing : 1/1 Installing : daemonize-1.7.8-3.el9.x86_64 1/1 Running scriptlet: daemonize-1.7.8-3.el9.x86_64 1/1 Verifying : daemonize-1.7.8-3.el9.x86_64 1/1 Installed: daemonize-1.7.8-3.el9.x86_64 Complete! ``` ```auto [root@rocky9 result]# daemonize --help daemonize: illegal option -- - Bad option: -- daemonize, version 1.7.8 Usage: daemonize [OPTIONS] path [arg] ... OPTIONS -a Append to, instead of overwriting, output files. Ignored unless -e and/or -o are specified. -c Set daemon's working directory to . -e Send daemon's stderr to file , instead of /dev/null. -E var=value Pass environment setting to daemon. May appear multiple times. -o Send daemon's stdout to file , instead of /dev/null. -p Save PID to . -u Run daemon as user . Requires invocation as root. -l Single-instance checking using lockfile . -v Issue verbose messages to stdout while daemonizing. ``` ---
**Author:** ![blionnel15](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/c37758/32.png) [@blionnel15](https://forums.rockylinux.org/u/blionnel15)\ **Post date:** [January 5, 2023, 5:44pm UTC](https://forums.rockylinux.org/t/replacement-package-for-daemonize-in-rocky-linux-9/8444/3 "2023-01-05T17:44:41Z")
thanks for the numerous suggestions. I will explore each one of them and try to make the best choice for my use case. ---
**Author:** ![gerry666uk](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/dbc845/32.png) [@gerry666uk](https://forums.rockylinux.org/u/gerry666uk)\ **Post date:** [January 5, 2023, 7:27pm UTC](https://forums.rockylinux.org/t/replacement-package-for-daemonize-in-rocky-linux-9/8444/4 "2023-01-05T19:27:31Z")
It’s also worth asking yourself why it’s not in Rocky 9. Maybe there’s a newer better way. ---
**Author:** ![mstauber](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/user_avatar/forums.rockylinux.org/mstauber/32/8_2.png) [@mstauber](https://forums.rockylinux.org/u/mstauber)\ **Post date:** [January 7, 2023, 6:30pm UTC](https://forums.rockylinux.org/t/replacement-package-for-daemonize-in-rocky-linux-9/8444/5 "2023-01-07T18:30:43Z")
As you can see from the output you’ve got: All parameters of the “daemonize” binary have a single dash. You tried --help (two dashes). And the shown helptext doesn’t list -h either, but you can see what options are there. As gerry66uk hinted: These days there are much better options available out of the box in Systemd. Say you have a binary that can run as a daemon? You want to run it as a system service, chrooted, not as “root” but as an unprivileged user? Here is a sample Systemd Unit-File for that. ```auto ]# cat /usr/lib/systemd/system/monitor.service [Unit] Description=Monitor Documentation=man:monitor(8) After=network-online.target Requires=network-online.target [Service] Type=forking #Type=simple EnvironmentFile=-/etc/sysconfig/monitor ExecStartPre=-/usr/sausalito/bin/monitor_prep.sh ExecStart=/usr/bin/monitor -c /etc/monitor/monitor.conf -p /run/monitor.pid $OPTIONS PIDFile=/run/monitor.pid Restart = on-failure User=monitor Group=monitor PrivateTmp=true NonBlocking=yes # this will make /usr /boot /etc read only for service ProtectSystem=full ProtectHome=no PrivateDevices=true [Install] WantedBy=multi-user.target ``` Just a suggestion. Other than that: Daemonize should still work fine on EL9. ---
**Author:** ![iwalker](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/user_avatar/forums.rockylinux.org/iwalker/32/2599_2.png) [@iwalker](https://forums.rockylinux.org/u/iwalker)\ **Post date:** [January 7, 2023, 6:46pm UTC](https://forums.rockylinux.org/t/replacement-package-for-daemonize-in-rocky-linux-9/8444/6 "2023-01-07T18:46:31Z")
> [@mstauber](#): > > As you can see from the output you’ve got: All parameters of the “daemonize” binary have a single dash. You tried --help (two dashes). And the shown helptext doesn’t list -h either, but you can see what options are there. Yeah, I think my copy from the console didn’t work too good, since I tried `--help` first, and then `-h` to get the results. The main thing was just really to show that the mock build that I did, built OK and then was installable, and to show it works from the console. I could fix my post for that, but then our subsequent posts wouldn’t make sense 🙂 , so I’ll leave it as is and just add that the command should have been: ```auto daemonize -h ``` everytime I use `-h` then it tells me to use `--help`. Would be great if they could decide on a standard of `-h` or `--help` or at least allow both. ---
**Author:** ![blionnel15](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/c37758/32.png) [@blionnel15](https://forums.rockylinux.org/u/blionnel15)\ **Post date:** [January 9, 2023, 9:44am UTC](https://forums.rockylinux.org/t/replacement-package-for-daemonize-in-rocky-linux-9/8444/7 "2023-01-09T09:44:01Z")
Hi, I was also able to build and install the daemonize package like @iwalker did on my Rocky 9 server. As @mstauber showed I understand why it is not in the EPEL repository for Rocky 9. Thanks for the suggestions and explanations. ---
**Author:** ![brian](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/user_avatar/forums.rockylinux.org/brian/32/5777_2.png) [@brian](https://forums.rockylinux.org/u/brian)\ **Post date:** [August 25, 2023, 3:28am UTC](https://forums.rockylinux.org/t/replacement-package-for-daemonize-in-rocky-linux-9/8444/8 "2023-08-25T03:28:51Z")