working great on MacOS

installer/dist/Library/LaunchDaemons/_rdns_.plist.tmpl

@@ -64,8 +64,8 @@
 
 	{{ end -}}
 	<key>StandardErrorPath</key>
-	<string>{{ .LogDir }}/{{ .Name }}.log</string>
+	<string>{{ .Logdir }}/{{ .Name }}.log</string>
 	<key>StandardOutPath</key>
-	<string>{{ .LogDir }}/{{ .Name }}.log</string>
+	<string>{{ .Logdir }}/{{ .Name }}.log</string>
 </dict>
 </plist>

installer/install.go

@@ -65,7 +65,7 @@ type Config struct {
 	Group               string            `json:"group"`
 	home                string            `json:"-"`
 	Local               string            `json:"-"`
-	LogDir              string            `json:"-"`
+	Logdir              string            `json:"-"`
 	System              bool              `json:"system"`
 	Restart             bool              `json:"restart"`
 	Production          bool              `json:"production"`
@@ -96,7 +96,7 @@ func Install(c *Config) error {
 		return err
 	}
 
-	err = os.MkdirAll(c.LogDir, 0750)
+	err = os.MkdirAll(c.Logdir, 0755)
 	if nil != err {
 		return err
 	}

installer/install_darwin.go

@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ func install(c *Config) error {
 	}
 
 	// Check paths first
-	err := os.MkdirAll(filepath.Dir(plistDir), 0750)
+	err := os.MkdirAll(filepath.Dir(plistDir), 0755)
 	if nil != err {
 		return err
 	}
@@ -52,13 +52,19 @@ func install(c *Config) error {
 	plistName := c.ReverseDNS + ".plist"
 	plistPath := filepath.Join(plistDir, plistName)
 	if err := ioutil.WriteFile(plistPath, rw.Bytes(), 0644); err != nil {
-		fmt.Println("Use 'sudo' to install as a privileged system service.")
+
-		fmt.Println("Use '--userspace' to install as an user service.")
 		return fmt.Errorf("ioutil.WriteFile error: %v", err)
 	}
 	fmt.Printf("Installed. To start '%s' run the following:\n", c.Name)
 	// TODO template config file
-	fmt.Printf("\tlaunchctl load -w %s\n", strings.Replace(plistPath, c.home, "~", 1))
+	if "" != c.home {
+		plistPath = strings.Replace(plistPath, c.home, "~", 1)
+	}
+	sudo := ""
+	if c.System {
+		sudo = "sudo "
+	}
+	fmt.Printf("\t%slaunchctl load -w %s\n", sudo, plistPath)
 
 	return nil
 }

installer/install_linux.go

@@ -31,10 +31,10 @@ func install(c *Config) error {
 		// * ~/.config/systemd/user/watchdog.service
 		// https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Systemd/User
 		serviceDir = filepath.Join(c.home, ".local/share/systemd/user")
-	}
+		err := os.MkdirAll(filepath.Dir(serviceDir), 0755)
-	err := os.MkdirAll(filepath.Dir(serviceDir), 0750)
+		if nil != err {
-	if nil != err {
+			return err
-		return err
+		}
 	}
 
 	// Create service file from template

serviceman.go

@@ -5,7 +5,6 @@ package main
 import (
 	"flag"
 	"fmt"
-	"log"
 	"os"
 	"path/filepath"
 	"strings"
@@ -114,9 +113,9 @@ func main() {
 			return
 		}
 		conf.Local = filepath.Join(home, ".local")
-		conf.LogDir = filepath.Join(home, ".local", "share", conf.Name, "var", "log")
+		conf.Logdir = filepath.Join(home, ".local", "share", conf.Name, "var", "log")
 	} else {
-		conf.LogDir = "/var/log/" + conf.Name
+		conf.Logdir = "/var/log/" + conf.Name
 	}
 
 	// Check to see if Exec exists
@@ -149,12 +148,22 @@ func main() {
 			}
 			fmt.Fprintf(os.Stderr, "Using '%s' anyway.\n", conf.Exec)
 		}
+	} else {
+		execpath, err := filepath.Abs(conf.Exec)
+		if nil != err {
+			fmt.Fprintf(os.Stderr, "Unrecoverable Error: %s", err)
+			os.Exit(4)
+		} else {
+			conf.Exec = execpath
+		}
 	}
 
 	fmt.Printf("\n%#v\n\n", conf)
 
 	err = installer.Install(conf)
 	if nil != err {
-		log.Fatal(err)
+		fmt.Fprintf(os.Stderr, "%s\n", err)
+		fmt.Fprintf(os.Stderr, "Use 'sudo' to install as a privileged system service.\n")
+		fmt.Fprintf(os.Stderr, "Use '--user' to install as an user service.\n")
 	}
 }