How do I make something a system service?

sloik2000 · 03-25-2005, 02:21 PM

Hey guys,
I need to make a system service of my own. I would like to know how...
The program I am trying to make a service is the Tribes 2 dedicated server, which runs in the terminal. How would I go about making this a system service?
Thanks for the help, and Happy Easter!

-Sloik

saravkrish · 03-25-2005, 02:26 PM

Hi,

Just make a script (say tribes2) that takes as argument the following:

start
stop
status
restart
lock

AFAIK lock and restart are optional. Then put the script in /etc/init.d/.

Thats about it.

-Sarav

sloik2000 · 03-25-2005, 03:13 PM

Thanks for the help!

saravkrish · 03-25-2005, 03:16 PM

Btw, that just for making a service. Doesn't automatically start it. You will have to use chkconfig for that. I use the GUI provided in FC3 for this, so dont ask me about chkconfig (it's easy though).

-Sarav