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    Mac OS X with Mamp

    I am running the beta release of Mac OS X 10.5 (Leopard) on my computer right now. I installed the standard edition (not the server edition), because normally I don't use my computer as a server. Anyways, after awhile I decided I wanted to try running an HTTP server off of my own personal computer just to test some things out...so I decided to install MAMP instead of installing Mac OS X Server.

    Now...I have noticed a couple of things going on. As long as I am logged into my machine and using my machine, the HTTP server is running properly and I can access the files in the htdocs directory.

    When I log out, however, it seems to me that the server stops running...but that confuses me, because technically Apache is running as a Unix background process...and I thought all processes of that type continue to run whether you are logged in or out. But it seems that when I log out, those processes are getting killed. Anyone know why, or how I can get them to continue running indefinitely?

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    Another question: Would it be a good idea to tell my computer never to go to sleep? What's the status of background processes like Apache when the computer goes to sleep? I assume all processes are suspended...and so if I want my server to be running overnight and such, I should not allow my computer to go to sleep.

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    When I log out, however, it seems to me that the server stops running...but that confuses me, because technically Apache is running as a Unix background process...and I thought all processes of that type continue to run whether you are logged in or out. But it seems that when I log out, those processes are getting killed. Anyone know why, or how I can get them to continue running indefinitely?
    If the processes are running from a terminal or some other visible window, then it's entirely possible that when the window closes, the background process gets terminated.

    I don't know how to prevent this, unless running the process with elevated permissions helps. Macs can switch users, right? Could you do that?
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    Another question: Would it be a good idea to tell my computer never to go to sleep? What's the status of background processes like Apache when the computer goes to sleep? I assume all processes are suspended...and so if I want my server to be running overnight and such, I should not allow my computer to go to sleep.

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    I'm not sure about sleep, but when you hibernate a Linux machine, the processes get suspended, and then when you boot the computer up again they are completely restored, with the state of all of their variables intact. Most programs continue running perfectly well. (Of course, the clock has changed, so if you have a time-based program it might mess up.)

    I don't know how this would affect Apache. You'd have to try it.
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    Would not apache most likely pause itself? And resume later. Apache can pause

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    will simple anser its a stupid mac dont use them

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    will simple anser its a stupid mac dont use them
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