---
name: "svsetup"
section: "1"
platform: "linux"
package: "svtools"
version: "0.6-2"
release: "Debian 10 (Buster)"
platforms: ["linux"]
url: "https://new.carta.tech/svsetup"
---

# svsetup(1)

Service setup tool for daemontools

## NAME

svsetup - Service setup tool for daemontools

## SYNOPSIS

**svsetup** \[*OPTION*\]... *CMD SERVICE*

## DESCRIPTION

Service setup tool for daemontools

- **-u** USER

  Specify service user name (Default: root)

- **-l** USER

  Specify log user name (Default: root)

- **-n**

  Do not setup logging with multilog

- **-e** ETCDIR

  Specify cfg directory (Default: /etc/sv/SERVICE)

- **-L** LOGDIR

  Specify log directory (Default: /var/log/sv/SERVICE)

- **-s** SERVICEDIR

  Specify service directory (Default: automatically

-

  detected)

- **-d**

  Delete service user on removal

- **-D**

  Delete log user on removal

- **-h**, **--help**

  Display help and exit

- **-V**, **--version**

  Display version and exit

- CMD

  Specifies action to perform:

- CREATE

  Create new service

- REMOVE

  Delete existing service

- ENABLE

  Enable service

- DISABLE

  Disable service

- SERVICE

  Specifies the service name

NOTE: If you REMOVE a service and specify a service user (with **-u**) and/or a log user (with **-l**) these users (except root) are removed, too, if you also specify the option **-d** and/or **-D**! This happens without any confirmation requests and the users are deleted even if they were not created by svsetup!

If you create a new service a default run script is created. If there is already a run script in ETCDIR this existing runscript is used instead.

## REPORTING BUGS

Report bugs to Klaus Reimer \<k@ailis.de\>

## COPYRIGHT

Copyright © 2000-2011 by Klaus Reimer\
 This is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of the License, or (at your option) any later version.