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Perforce helix server setup6/7/2023 The steps to properly set up Helix Core with p4 protect and so forth are left out of this guide please see the administration guide from Perforce. Sudo launchctl load /Library/LaunchDaemons/ Sudo nano /Library/LaunchDaemons/Īnd finally, start the Helix Core service with Then we create the launch daemon description file. Sudo chown perforce:perforce /usr/local/var/log/p4d.log Sudo chown perforce:perforce /usr/local/var/perforce Then we create the log file and database directoryĪnd set the ownership to the new user and group. create /Users/perforce PrimaryGroupID 268 create /Users/perforce NFSHomeDirectory /usr/local/var/perforce create /Users/perforce RealName 'Perforce Server' create /Users/perforce UserShell /usr/bin/false create /Groups/perforce PrimaryGroupID 268 read /Groups/$f \Īnd to see all the user ids, this one liner can be used.įor f in `dscl. To see all group ids in use on a system, this one liner can be used,įor f in `dscl. Here I’ve carefully chosen the unique id 268 for both the group and user because it’s free on my system. We’ll create a group and user called perforce, and store the version control database in /usr/local/var/perforce with the log in /usr/local/var/log/p4d.log. Sudo chown root:wheel /usr/local/sbin/p4d Then we install the binaries into /usr/local/sbin and /usr/local/bin, respectively. Some people may prefer the visual client, but this guide is focused on the command line. By the nature of this guide, some of it applies directly to my own system readers are expected to identify those instances and change appropriately.įirst, we download the p4d and p4 executable files. Here is a guide about how to start Perforce Helix Core as a global daemon on OS X High Sierra, running under a separate user called perforce.
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