daemon

• Type: Boolean
• Range / Valid values: on, off
• Default: off
• Group: System Processing

Start in daemon (background) mode and release terminal. This option must be placed in motion.conf and not in a thread config file., Start in daemon (background) mode and release terminal. This option must be placed in motion.conf and not in a thread config file.

Daemon mode is what you typically will use once you are done experimenting and have motion run permanently in the background on a server.

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