Date: Tue, 20 Feb 2001 08:50:08 -0800 From: "Tomlinson, Drew" <Drew.Tomlinson@lc.ca.gov> To: "'FreeBSD Questions (E-mail)'" <freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.org> Subject: Newbie Help Diagnosing Startup Script Message-ID: <BA5D0CE1CBB2D411B6AA00A0CC3F0239C02537@ldcmsx01.lc.ca.gov>
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Newbie Alert.
I am trying to diagnose why a startup script doesn't seem to run
automatically during startup but seems to run fine when invoked from the
command line. My script lives in /usr/local/etc/rc.d. I have checked the
man pages and verified that /etc/defaults/rc.conf contains this directory in
the local_startup line and there are no overrides in /etc/rc.conf. My
script is called dynip.sh and it has the following "permissions" (is this
the right term?).
-rwxr-x--x 1 root wheel 111 Sep 13 04:51 apache.sh
-rwxr-xr-x 1 root wheel 233 Dec 20 11:36 dynip.sh
I included the apache.sh line because this script appears to work as apache
starts up automatically. This is the contents of my dynip.sh script:
112 Blacksheep# cat dynip.sh
#!/bin/sh
case "$1" in
start)
[ -x /usr/local/bin/dynipclient ] && ( /usr/local/bin/dynipclient &
) &&
echo -n ' dynipclient'
;;
stop)
echo -n ' dynipclient'
;;
*)
echo "Usage: `basename $0` {start|stop}" >&2
;;
esac
exit 0
This script was compliments of Don Maddox. I don't have a clue about
writing *nix scripts but plan to learn soon. Anyway, the attempt here is to
run a client program that registers my dynamic IP address with a DNS service
I subscribe to. When I invoke the script manually, it appears to run fine.
125 Blacksheep# ./dynip.sh start
dynipclientdynipclient[1483]: Using client configuration file
'/etc/dynip.cfg'
126 Blacksheep# Feb 20 08:41:20 blacksheep dynipclient[1483]: Using client
confi
guration file '/etc/dynip.cfg'
Feb 20 08:41:20 blacksheep dynipclient[1483]: Using client configuration
file '/
etc/dynip.cfg'
Feb 20 08:41:20 blacksheep dynipclient[1484]: active
Feb 20 08:41:20 blacksheep dynipclient[1484]: active
Any help diagnosing this problem would be greatly appreciated. If there is
other information I can include to help figure this out, please let me know.
I don't know if there are log files that would show this executing or not.
If there are, please nudge me in the right direction. If there's not, how
can I create them?
Thanks for your help!
Drew
P.S. I apologize if this comes across as HTML. I'm stuck with an MS$
client at work but if I can send this via an SMTP service, it will come
across as plain text. If it goes through our Exchange server, it is HTML
even though I have specified plain text. Gotta love M$!
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<P><FONT SIZE=3D2>Newbie Alert.</FONT>
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<P><FONT SIZE=3D2>I am trying to diagnose why a startup script doesn't =
seem to run automatically during startup but seems to run fine when =
invoked from the command line. My script lives in =
/usr/local/etc/rc.d. I have checked the man pages and verified =
that /etc/defaults/rc.conf contains this directory in the local_startup =
line and there are no overrides in /etc/rc.conf. My script is =
called dynip.sh and it has the following "permissions" (is =
this the right term?).</FONT></P>
<P><FONT SIZE=3D2>-rwxr-x--x 1 root wheel 111 Sep 13 =
04:51 apache.sh</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=3D2>-rwxr-xr-x 1 root wheel 233 Dec 20 =
11:36 dynip.sh</FONT>
</P>
<P><FONT SIZE=3D2>I included the apache.sh line because this script =
appears to work as apache starts up automatically. This is the =
contents of my dynip.sh script:</FONT></P>
<P><FONT SIZE=3D2>112 Blacksheep# cat dynip.sh</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=3D2>#!/bin/sh</FONT>
</P>
<P><FONT SIZE=3D2>case "$1" in</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=3D2>start)</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=3D2> [ -x =
/usr/local/bin/dynipclient ] && ( /usr/local/bin/dynipclient =
& ) &&</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=3D2> echo -n ' dynipclient'</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=3D2> ;;</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=3D2>stop)</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=3D2> echo -n ' =
dynipclient'</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=3D2> ;;</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=3D2>*)</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=3D2> echo =
"Usage: `basename $0` {start|stop}" >&2</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=3D2> ;;</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=3D2>esac</FONT>
</P>
<P><FONT SIZE=3D2>exit 0</FONT>
</P>
<P><FONT SIZE=3D2>This script was compliments of Don Maddox. I =
don't have a clue about writing *nix scripts but plan to learn =
soon. Anyway, the attempt here is to run a client program that =
registers my dynamic IP address with a DNS service I subscribe =
to. When I invoke the script manually, it appears to run =
fine.</FONT></P>
<P><FONT SIZE=3D2>125 Blacksheep# ./dynip.sh start</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=3D2> dynipclientdynipclient[1483]: Using client =
configuration file '/etc/dynip.cfg'</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=3D2>126 Blacksheep# Feb 20 08:41:20 blacksheep =
dynipclient[1483]: Using client confi</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=3D2>guration file '/etc/dynip.cfg'</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=3D2>Feb 20 08:41:20 blacksheep dynipclient[1483]: Using =
client configuration file '/</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=3D2>etc/dynip.cfg'</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=3D2>Feb 20 08:41:20 blacksheep dynipclient[1484]: =
active</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=3D2>Feb 20 08:41:20 blacksheep dynipclient[1484]: =
active</FONT>
</P>
<P><FONT SIZE=3D2>Any help diagnosing this problem would be greatly =
appreciated. If there is other information I can include to help =
figure this out, please let me know. I don't know if there are =
log files that would show this executing or not. If there are, =
please nudge me in the right direction. If there's not, how can I =
create them?</FONT></P>
<P><FONT SIZE=3D2>Thanks for your help!</FONT>
</P>
<P><FONT SIZE=3D2>Drew</FONT>
</P>
<P><FONT SIZE=3D2>P.S. I apologize if this comes across as =
HTML. I'm stuck with an MS$ client at work but if I can send this =
via an SMTP service, it will come across as plain text. If it =
goes through our Exchange server, it is HTML even though I have =
specified plain text. Gotta love M$!</FONT></P>
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