[SOLVED] chkconfig: cannot add new service.

deostroll · 03-08-2010, 10:23 AM

Hi,

I've just created a new chkready script. but on trying to add it will the following command I get an error:

Code:

$ chkconfig --add languagetool 
service languagetool does not support chkconfig

PS: Just learned how to write a chkconfig script. Please check this post for script.

sarin · 03-08-2010, 10:46 AM

#!/bin/bash
# test script
# Authors: Sarin
# chkconfig: 345 25 75
# description: Nothing

You should have a header like the one shown above. The only useful thing there is
# chkconfig: 345 25 75
345: levels 345
25,75: Decides the starting and stopping order

deostroll · 03-08-2010, 01:14 PM

I thought those were plain comments...anyway is there any logic for the starting and stopping order? 25,75?

custangro · 03-08-2010, 01:47 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by deostroll

I thought those were plain comments...anyway is there any logic for the starting and stopping order? 25,75?

Those are start priorities...

A quick look at the chkconfig man page tells us this...

Code:

RUNLEVEL FILES
       Each service which should be manageable by chkconfig needs two or more commented lines added to its  init.d  script.  The  first
       line  tells chkconfig what runlevels the service should be started in by default, as well as the start and stop priority levels.
       If the service should not, by default, be started in any runlevels, a - should be used in place of the runlevels list.  The sec-
       ond line contains a description for the service, and may be extended across multiple lines with backslash continuation.

       For example, random.init has these three lines:
       # chkconfig: 2345 20 80
       # description: Saves and restores system entropy pool for \
       #              higher quality random number generation.
       This  says that the random script should be started in levels 2, 3, 4, and 5, that its start priority should be 20, and that its
       stop priority should be 80.  You should be able to figure out what the description says; the \ causes the line to be  continued.
       The extra space in front of the line is ignored.

deostroll · 03-09-2010, 01:03 AM

chkconfig still doesn't accept...here is how the script looks now:

Code:

#!/bin/bash
# language tool service script
# chkconfig: 345 20 80
# desc: service to start the language tool grammar check java program

# /etc/init.d/languagetool

case "$1" in
  start)
        echo -e "Starting languagetool service\n"
        #To run it as root:
        /var/www/html/languagetool/languagetool.sh
        ;;
  stop)
        echo -e "Stopping languagetool\n"
        #To run it as root:
        #/path/to/command/to/stop/languagetool
        #Or to run it as some other user:
        #/bin/su - username -c /path/to/command/to/stop/languagetool
        #echo "."
        kill `ps -ef | grep 'java -cp' | grep -v grep | awk '{ print $2 }'`
        ;;

  *)
        echo "Usage: /sbin/service languagetool {start|stop}"
        exit 1
esac

exit 0

deostroll · 03-09-2010, 01:09 AM

okay problem fixed. I wrote it exactly how u've mentioned it the first time...