What are the advantages of “daemonizing” a server application over running the program in console mode?
What are the advantages of daemonizing a server application over running the program in
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What are the advantages of “daemonizing” a server application over running the program in console mode?
Having it run as a daemon means you can
log out without loosing the service (which saves some resources)
do not risk loosing the service from an accidental ctrl-c
does not offer a minor security risk from someone accessing the terminal, hitting ctrl-c and taking your session
Essentially all ‘real’ services that are running ‘in production’ (as opposed to debug mode) run that way.