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Init script does not create a PID file

I need to create an init script for an IRC logger. I copied /etc/init.d/skeleton. I filled in the configuration section to fit my needs and I also had to add --background to the start daemon command since my IRC logger doesn't split off. The logger…
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Supplying password to openconnect started via start-stop-daemon

I am attempting to start openconnect via a Debian init script that makes use of start-stop-daemon: DAEMON=/usr/sbin/openconnect DAEMON_ARGS=" --script /etc/vpnc/vpnc-script --user --pid-file $PIDFILE --passwd-on-stdin" PASSWORD=`cat…
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How can I generate a command for start-stop-daemon that will kill the process if it doesn't term during a timeout period?

I need to run a start-stop-daemon for a redis instance and I want it to send a SIGTERM and if the redis instance doesn't quit i would like it to force a quit. The start-stop-daemon configuration says that the --retry option can be used for that but…
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PHP-FPM service status `stop/waiting` but workers are running?

Starting php5-fpm appears to work, but checking the status immediately shows that it is not running: [root@server ~]# service php5-fpm start php5-fpm start/running, process 4516 [root@server ~]# service php5-fpm status php5-fpm stop/waiting Even…
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/bin/sh: difference between variable and direct command

Imagine i have following bash script: #/bin/sh #next line will work correctly, outputting user name and current directory start-stop-daemon --start --exec /bin/su -- root -c 'whoami; ls' MYVAR="start-stop-daemon --start --exec /bin/su -- root -c…
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How to start git-daemon at boot?

I've created scripts to control starting, stopping, etc. of my git-daemon on Fedora28. I'm now attempting to link these scripts to a systemd service so git-daemon will be available after reboot. The primary script (gitT) is... #!/bin/bash case "$1"…
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start-stop-daemon not working as expected

I can't figure out why start-stop-daemon is not running the script below. What am I doing wrong? start-stop-daemon reports that it will start node when using the --test flag, but when I actually run the process isn't started. root@server:~# cat…
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Cleaner way to restart daemontools services

In our product, we had created services using daemontools. One of my service looks like this, /service/test/run /service/test/log/run (has multilog command to log into ./main dir) /service/test/log/main/.. All the process and its directories are…
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Proper Bash Daemon Script Creation

On Ubuntu, I copied /etc/init.d/skeleton as a new file and made it "all" executable (just like the others in that directory). In it, I made a "foo" that was just another Bash script in /usr/sbin, but it was special in that it sits in a loop waiting…
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Debian 8/init.d: start daemon after "$named" is ready

I am trying to start a init.d daemon on Debian 8 after network and DNS is up and running. That's the script I am using: ### BEGIN INIT INFO # Provides: local_daemon # Required-Start: $all $local_fs $remote_fs $network $named $time…
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Whats the proper what to terminate a script using start-stop-daemon?

I am using a start-stop-daemon to make a INIT script for my script. I am using --make-pidfile cause my script doesnt make its own pid. I can start my script using start and pid file generates with appropriate PID. But the stop function doesnt work.…
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Starting lighttpd from nagios renders lighttpd broken

I'm using Debian 7.8 (wheezy), and lighttpd 1.4.31 with nagios 3.4.1. when I start lighttpd normally (as root), everything works as expected: /etc/init.d/lighttpd start However, when nagios starts lighttpd, everything issues a 404 error, and…
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(initscripts) Execute a command, if the command does not complete in 10 seconds, run another

On (Debian) Linux I want to: Execute a command. If the command doesn't complete in 10 seconds, kill it and try another command. The use-case is: I have a daemon service which I would like to shut down gracefully. It can be stopped by sending a TCP…
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What things are messed up after reboot in Linux? Very strange issue: LDAPS stops working only after reboot

I have a Centos 6.3 virtualbox VM snapshot with LDAPS (openldap) set up. I've set up it few days ago following tips from different sources and wrote down everything afterwards. But when I try to repeat installation (following my own instructions), I…
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What is the maximum allowable startup time for a daemon startup script?

What is the maximum allowable startup time for a daemon startup script? I do have a tomcat server that takes a lot of time to start and I could include logic inside the startup script to check if the service successfully started or not. Still, I…
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