wotaskd cannot launch WO apps using New Hotness application startup script

From: Wade Price (wade.pric..mail.com)
Date: Thu Sep 11 2008 - 17:58:51 EDT

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The new application startup script fails if the environment variable
HOME is not set. This is a problem since wotaskd is started by
launchd, it has no HOME variable in its environment. Therefore any
apps launched by wotaskd also do not have a HOME environment variable.
As a result, they fail to launch.

I have worked around this problem by adding a HOME environment
variable in the wotaskd launchd plist: /System/Library/LaunchDaemons/
com.apple.wotaskd.plist

For example:

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<!DOCTYPE plist PUBLIC "-//Apple Computer//DTD PLIST 1.0//EN" "http://www.apple.com/DTDs/PropertyList-1.0.dtd
">
<plist version="1.0">
<dict>
         <key>Disabled</key>
         <false/>
         <key>EnvironmentVariables</key>
         <dict>
                 <key>HOME</key>
                 <string>/var/appserver</string>
         </dict>
         <key>GroupName</key>
         <string>appserverusr</string>
         <key>Label</key>
         <string>com.webobjects.wotaskd</string>
         <key>OnDemand</key>
         <false/>
         <key>Program</key>
         <string>/System/Library/WebObjects/JavaApplications/
wotaskd.woa/wotaskd</string>
         <key>ProgramArguments</key>
         <array>
                 <string>wotaskd</string>
                 <string>-WOPort</string>
                 <string>1085</string>
         </array>
         <key>ServiceIPC</key>
         <false/>
         <key>UserName</key>
         <string>appserver</string>
</dict>
</plist>

This works, but I can't say that I am thrilled with this "solution."

The old app launcher didn't care about HOME, so I wonder if the new
one really needs to.

Wade

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