[MacOS Homebrew install of znapzend] the Launchctl service is not loaded properly: a fix

[xenophon61]

Hi, and thanks for a great resource!

This issue applies to a fresh Homebrew install in macOS Sonoma (had been using the GitHub releases up until now, but it's so much simpler with $brew install znapzend). More specifically, the znapzend daemon (in effect a Launchctl service) is not initialized properly, giving the following error:

% sudo launchctl list | grep znap 22054 2 homebrew.mxcl.znapzend

% sudo launchctl error 2 2: No such file or directory

The fix is rather easy:

• first one must sudo brew services start znapzend
• this ensures that a LaunchDaemon is installed and activated on reboot
• then edit the /Library/LaunchDaemons/homebrew.mxcl.znapzend.plist and update its PATH, to include "/usr/local/zfs/bin" ` EnvironmentVariables PATH /usr/local/bin:/usr/local/sbin:/usr/bin:/bin:/usr/sbin:/sbin:/usr/local/zfs/bin

  `

• for some reason, this is missing on the Homebrew implementation which is otherwise excellent

Hope this helps. Not sure where to post this, but opted to let oetiker know.

Once again, many thanks.

Xen

[xenophon61]

Addendum

In order for the change outlined above to survive reboots or issuing a "sudo brew services restart znapzend", one must

• go to the folder: /usr/local/Cellar/znapzend/0.21.2
• edit the .plist template: homebrew.mxcl.znapzend

Test by restarting the brew service. It should be fine.

~ % sudo launchctl list | grep znap 41833 0 homebrew.mxcl.znapzend