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Article:		Start Me Up: Writing and Understanding OS X StartupItems
Subject:		Unknown service?
Date:		2008-05-21 19:07:47
From:		ackhoo

I have created my own StartupItems under /Library/StartupItems, to perform some mounting each time when my Mac Mini reboots. I have followed the steps recommended in this article. 1. create a new folder called �ace_executor� under /Library/StartupItems 2. put ace_executor.sh under /Library/StartupItems/ace_executor 3. put StartupParameters.plist under /Library/StartupItems/ace_executor 4. create Resoruces/English.lproj folder under /Library/StartupItems/ace_executor and put the file Localizable.strings in it 5. change permissions of /Library/StartupItems to 755 6. reboot my Mac Mini When I rebooted my machine, I notice that it didn't run my startup item. I got this from Console Message: May 21 10:16:48 pg-sw-mac3 SystemStarter[16]: "/Library/StartupItems/ace_executor" failed sanity check: path was created after boot up I then manually run: sudo /sbin/SystemStarter -d start /Library/StartupItems/ace_executor. This time, it said that: May 21 10:16:48 pg-sw-mac3 SystemStarter[139]: Found item: ace_executor May 21 10:16:48 pg-sw-mac3 SystemStarter[139]: Unknown service: ace_executor The above message leads me to think we need to register the ace_executor service somewhere? Any clue? Please advice. Thanks Ai Choo