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# Starting Services Automatically for a Non-Root Installation

- If ArcMC is installed as a non-root user, and the host is rebooted, ArcMC services will fail to start automatically. However, you can set them to start automatically by using an initialization script.

  Note: Since the initialization script runs as `su`, it does not log to the console.

  An example script is shown here. This is only an example. Your own script will need to be tailored for your environment.

      #!/bin/sh

      # ArcMC              Wrapper script for the Arcsight Management Center

      # processname:       arcsight_arcmc

      # chkconfig:         2345 99 01

      # description:       Arcsight Management Center

      DAEMON=/<install_dir>/current/arcsight/arcmc/bin/arcmcd

      DAEMON_USER=<NonRootUser-with-which-arcmc-was-installed>

      # Exit if the package is not installed

      [ -x "$DAEMON" ] || exit 0

      if [ $UID -ne 0 ] ; then

      echo "You must run this as root."

      exit 4

      fi

      su $DAEMON_USER -c "$DAEMON $1 $2"

      exit $?

  The DAEMON variable is used to specify the directory where arcmcd process is running.

  The DAEMON_USER variable is used to specify which non-root user ArcMC will run as.

  Finally, the su command simply wraps your existing script (defined in the variable DAEMON) and passes any parameters to the $DAEMON script/

  To configure an initialization script:

  1. SSH to the VM using root user credentials.
  2. Go to /etc/init.d
  3. Enter the command vi arcsight_arcmc to create a service.
  4. Enter the text of your script and save the file.
  5. Give execute permission for the script using the command chmod +x arcsight_arcmc
  6. Register the script using the command

  chkconfig –add arcsight_arcmc

  1. Enter the command chkconfig | grep arcsight_arcmc to determine what the chkconfig will report after you add the init script. Expected results:

  arcsight_arcmc 0:off 1:off 2:on 3:on 4:on 5:on 6:off