Date: Tue, 18 Oct 2005 10:44:52 -0500 From: "Andrew L. Gould" <algould@datawok.com> To: "Foo JH" <jhfoo@nexlabs.com> Cc: questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: why my daemon did not start Message-ID: <20051018104452.1d70f831@grokwell.org> In-Reply-To: <001c01c5d3f9$69b0f790$640a0a0a@gypsy> References: <001c01c5d3f9$69b0f790$640a0a0a@gypsy>
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On Tue, 18 Oct 2005 23:34:15 +0800
"Foo JH" <jhfoo@nexlabs.com> wrote:
> Hi all, I'm trying to write a simple RC script to run my little Perl
> script as a daemon. The script is as follows:
>
> #!/bin/sh
>
> portal_enable=${portal_enable-"NO"}
> portal_flags=${portal_flags-""}
> portal_pidfile="/var/run/portald.pid"
>
> . /etc/rc.subr
>
> name="portald"
> rcvar=`set_rcvar`
> command="/home/admin/perfectportal/portald.pl &"
>
> load_rc_config $name
> pidfile="${portal_pidfile}"
> start_cmd="echo \"Starting ${name}.\"; /usr/bin/nice -5 ${command}
> ${portal_flags} ${command_args}" stop_cmd="kill `cat /var/run/
> portald.pid`" run_rc_command "$1"
>
> If I were to run this manually via
> /usr/local/etc/rc.d/portald.sh start
> it works. but in a reboot, it does not start.
>
> Can anyone guide me where to find the error message, or (even better)
> what may be the problem? Thanks.
I haven't studied up on the rc.subr stuff; but I've noticed that many
of the scripts that use it require that an enable line be put in /etc/
rc.conf. Have you tried adding the following line to /etc/rc.conf:
portal_enable="YES"
Best of luck,
Andrew Gould
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