[Xymon] how to run 2 xymon-servers on 1 host?

[Stef Coene]

On Monday 14 March 2011, Paul van Eldijk wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> I would like to run 2 xymon-4.3.0 servers on 1 host (one for testing,
> one for production), each with its own user (xymon vs xymontst) and port
> (1984 vs. 1985). The problem is, that I get an error-message when
> starting the second server:
> 
> "Could not get shm of size 262144: Permission denied"
> 
> Obviously, the second server tries to access/allocate the same
> shm-segment as the first one.
> I'm guessing I have to change the source code somewhat, to allocate a
> different shm-=segment and/or semaphore, but I've got no clue as to how
> and where :(
> (I'm no good in programming C)
> 
> Is there a way to run 2 servers on the same host as different users and
> if so, how?
> 
> Can someone advice me on how to do this?
I do this regulary and use 2 different users.  I never got any shared memory 
problems doing so.


Stef