Auto-Started Script Process Not Killed on Log-out, Duplicates on Log-in

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I’m running UB 22.04. I added my Bash script to be auto-started via the “Budgie Desktop Settings” / “Autostart” GUI and it mostly runs fine (for some reason, two script processes are started instead of the expected one). The main problem is, if I log out of the desktop and log back in, the script gets re-run so that the number of processes now running is doubled. Should my script be auto-started by some other means, such as is described in the article linked here?

Incidentally, the script is running netcat, listening on a port… TIA

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Hi @Underdog!

Among the methods described in the related article, I’d rather try to create a crontab which will run your script on startup.
Let me reiterate.

First activate the cron service:

sudo systemctl enable cron.service

Then type crontab -e and select the Nano editor.

Enter the following line:

@reboot /complete/path/to/script.sh

To run your script 30 seconds after booting, enter this one:

@reboot sleep 30 && /complete/path/to/script.sh

Add a line break at the end of the line.

Press ‘CTRL o + Enter’ to save your changes then ‘CTRL x’ to exit.

Reboot, check and come back to tell us if it does what you want it to do better.

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Hey, thanks for help jlb!

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