@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@ Copyright @copyright{} @value{OLD-YEARS} Wolfgang J@"ahrling@*
Copyright @copyright{} @value{NEW-YEARS} Ludovic Courtès@*
Copyright @copyright{} 2020 Brice Waegeneire@*
Copyright @copyright{} 2020 Oleg Pykhalov
+Copyright @copyright{} 2020 Jan (janneke) Nieuwenhuizen@*
Permission is granted to copy, distribute and/or modify this document
under the terms of the GNU Free Documentation License, Version 1.3 or
@@ -146,10 +147,11 @@ configuration file. When it is started with superuser privileges, it
tries to use @code{/etc/shepherd.scm}. When started as normal user, it
looks for a file called @code{$XDG_CONFIG_HOME/shepherd/init.scm}. If
the @code{XDG_CONFIG_HOME} environment variable is not defined,
-@code{$HOME/.config/shepherd/init.scm} is used instead. With the option
-@code{--config} (or, for short, @code{-c}), you can specify where to
-look instead. So if you want to start @command{shepherd} with an
-alternative file, use one of the following commands:
+@code{$HOME/.config/shepherd/init.scm} is used instead @ref{User Service
+examples}. With the option @code{--config} (or, for short, @code{-c}),
+you can specify where to look instead. So if you want to start
+@command{shepherd} with an alternative file, use one of the following
+commands:
@example
shepherd --config=/etc/shepherd.scm.old
@@ -1025,6 +1027,67 @@ also specifies some more initial values for the slots:
(restart (...)))))
@end lisp
+@menu
+* User Service examples::
+@end menu
+
+@node User Service examples
+@subsection User Service examples
+
+For starters, use a toplevel @code{$XDG_CONFIG_HOME/shepherd/init.scm}
+that looks like this:
+
+@lisp
+(use-modules (shepherd service)
+ ((ice-9 ftw) #:select (scandir)))
+
+;; Load all the files in the directory 'init.d' with a suffix '.scm'.
+(for-each
+ (lambda (file)
+ (load (string-append "init.d/" file)))
+ (scandir (string-append (dirname (current-filename)) "/init.d")
+ (lambda (file)
+ (string-suffix? ".scm" file))))
+
+;; Send shepherd into the background
+(action 'shepherd 'daemonize)
+@end lisp
+
+Then, individual user services can be put in
+@code{$XDG_CONFIG_HOME/shepherd/init.d/}, e.g., for ssh-agent
+
+@lisp
+;;; Commentary:
+;;;
+;;; Add to your ~/.bash_profile:
+;;;
+;;; SSH_AUTH_SOCK=/run/user/$UID/ssh-agent/socket
+;;; export SSH_AUTH_SOCK
+;;;
+;;; Code:
+
+(use-modules (shepherd support))
+
+(define ssh-agent
+ (make <service>
+ #:provides '(ssh-agent)
+ #:docstring "Run `ssh-agent'"
+ #:start (let ((socket-dir (string-append %user-runtime-dir "/ssh-agent")))
+ (unless (file-exists? socket-dir)
+ (mkdir-p socket-dir)
+ (chmod socket-dir #o700))
+ (unless (file-exists? log-dir)
+ (mkdir-p log-dir))
+ (make-forkexec-constructor
+ `("ssh-agent" "-D" "-a" ,(string-append socket-dir "/socket"))
+ #:log-file (string-append %user-cache-dir "/ssh-agent.log")))
+ #:stop (make-kill-destructor)
+ #:respawn? #t))
+(register-services ssh-agent)
+
+(start ssh-agent)
+@end lisp
+
@c @@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@
@node The root and unknown services
@@ -61,6 +61,10 @@
persistency
persistency-state-file
+ %user-cache-dir
+ %user-config-dir
+ %user-runtime-dir
+
verify-dir))
(define-syntax-rule (if-2.0 subsequent alternate)