Teamspeak 3 autostart script

Kuimera · 08-21-2012, 06:45 AM

Hey guys,

I'm both new to Linux and to this Forum.

I own a virtual CentOS6 server and I'm hosting x1 website and 1x teamspeak 3 server in there, now I'm trying to create a auto run script to my teamspeak but I'm having trouble running that script in a normal user account, root I was able to set it up.

The autostart script I'm trying using is this one:

Code:

#!/bin/sh
# chkconfig: 2345 99 10
# description: Started and Stop the TeamSpeak 3 Server
#
# Modified for working in CentOS 5.4 Systems (and maybe others)
#
USER="MYUSER"                                                                # TS3 User
TS3='/home/MYUSER/ts'                                                     # Script Location
STARTSCRIPT="$TS3/ts3server_startscript.sh"                     # Startscript for TS3 

cd $TS3

case "$1" in
        'start')
                su $USER -c "$STARTSCRIPT start"
        ;;
        'stop')
                su $USER -c "$STARTSCRIPT stop"
        ;;
        'restart')
                su $USER -c "$STARTSCRIPT restart"
        ;;
        'status')
                su $USER -c "$STARTSCRIPT status"
        ;;
        *)
        echo "Usage $0 start|stop|restart|status"
esac

When I try to run this script in root, I get this error and the server will not start:

"Starting the TeamSpeak 3 server
/home/MYUSER/ts/ts3server_startscript.sh: line 68: ts3server.pid: Permission denied
TeamSpeak 3 server started, for details please view the log file"

Please note:

1. I've created a "ts" file in /etc/init.d/ folder.
2. I gave it "chmod 755 /etc/init.d/ts" for permission.
3. I've add "chkconfig --level 2345 ts on" to the starting services.

I manage to run this script if I change the MYUSER to ROOT in the script file, but then the TS server will run as root and for what I've read, that's very dangerous...

Can some one please give me a hand with this? I'm lost here..

zhjim · 08-21-2012, 07:30 AM

I have a startup line for a ts3 server inside of /etc/rc.local. Which should be the same as having it in /etc/init.d and setting it up to autostart.
Heres the line I have

Code:

#!/bin/sh -e
#
# rc.local
sudo -u teamspeaker /home/teamspeaker/ts3/ts3server_startscript.sh start
exit 0

Dunno where the exact difference between su -C and sudo is but it works for me.

Regarding the error message it is just that the file ts3server.pid could not be created or belongs to another user. I guess it is owned by root due to previous startups with that user. Do a ls -lh /home/MYUSER/ts and see who ownes the file and what permission are on it.
What i wonder about is that line 68 is part of the stop routine:

Code:

stop)
                if [ -e ts3server.pid ]; then
                        echo -n "Stopping the TeamSpeak 3 server"
                        if ( kill -TERM $(cat ts3server.pid) 2> /dev/null ); then
                                c=1
                                while [ "$c" -le 300 ]; do
                                        if ( kill -0 $(cat ts3server.pid) 2> /dev/null ); then
                                                echo -n "."
                                                sleep 1
                                        else
                                                break
                                        fi
                                        c=$((++c))
                                done
                        fi

Kuimera · 08-21-2012, 07:43 AM

Thanks for the quick reply zhjim!

Well, I did what you told me, I got this:

Code:

drwxr-xr-x  8 1000 1000 4.0K Aug 21 08:16 ./
drwx--x--x 15 MYUSER MYUSER  4.0K Aug 20 14:27 ../
-rw-r--r--  1 1000   1000    38K Jun 29 09:01  CHANGELOG
-rw-r--r--  1 1000   1000    24K Jun 29 09:01  LICENSE
drwxr-xr-x  2 1000   1000    4.0K Jun 29 09:01 doc/
drwx------  5 root   root    4.0K Aug 19 17:07 files/
-rwxr-xr-x  1 1000   1000    213K Jun 29 09:01 libts3db_mysql.so*
-rwxr-xr-x  1 1000   1000    1.1M Jun 29 09:01 libts3db_sqlite3.so*
drwx------  2 root   root    4.0K Aug 19 19:45 logs/
-rw-rw-r--  1 root   root       1 Aug 18 21:30 query_ip_blacklist.txt
-rw-rw-r--  1 root   root      10 Aug 18 21:30 query_ip_whitelist.txt
drwxr-xr-x  2 1000   1000    4.0K Jun 29 09:01 serverquerydocs/
drwxr-xr-x  4 1000   1000    4.0K Jun 29 09:01 sql/
-rw-rw-r--  1 root   root     298 Aug 18 21:30 ts3server.ini
-rw-r--r--  1 root   root    238K Aug 21 08:16 ts3server.sqlitedb
-rwxr-xr-x  1 1000   1000    5.4M Jun 29 09:01 ts3server_linux_amd64*
-rwxr-xr-x  1 1000   1000    1.2K Jun 29 09:01 ts3server_minimal_runscript.sh*
-rwxr-xr-x  1 1000   1000    3.7K Jun 29 09:01 ts3server_startscript.sh*
drwxr-xr-x  2 1000   1000    4.0K Jun 29 09:01 tsdns/

Not sure what that "1000" that comes up allot tho.

zhjim · 08-21-2012, 08:38 AM

The 1000 is the user that owns the files. Do a "grep 1000 /etc/passwd" to see if there is a user associated with.
To solve the problem do a "chown myuser:myuser /home/MYUSER/ts -R" as root. With that you have all the files belonging to the user and specially the directory so the pid file can be created.

Kuimera · 08-21-2012, 09:55 AM

zhjim,

the premission worked, but when I do a "service ts start" it says the server started but it's not running @ all.. when I do a status check using the script, it says this:

Code:

root@ip-***-***-**-*** [/home/MYUSER]# service ts status
Server seems to have died

the command: "grep 1000 /etc/passwd" does not seem to work, I push enter and he just change line and says nothing, weird...

Your scrip seems much more simple, I will try that one and see how it goes..

Kuimera · 08-21-2012, 10:36 AM

Ok I tried your script, same thing happens, when I "service ts" I get this:

Code:

root@ip-146-255-34-134 [/etc/init.d]# service ts start
Starting the TeamSpeak 3 server
TeamSpeak 3 server started, for details please view the log file

here's the log file:

Code:

2012-08-21 15:33:44.156942|INFO    |ServerLibPriv |   | TeamSpeak 3 Server 3.0.6.1 (2012-06-29 07:59:05)
2012-08-21 15:33:44.157348|INFO    |DatabaseQuery |   | dbPlugin name:    SQLite3 plugin, Version 2, (c)TeamSpeak Systems GmbH
2012-08-21 15:33:44.157389|INFO    |DatabaseQuery |   | dbPlugin version: 3.7.3
2012-08-21 15:33:44.157693|INFO    |DatabaseQuery |   | checking database integrity (may take a while)
2012-08-21 15:33:44.203323|WARNING |Accounting    |   | Unable to find valid license key, falling back to limited functionality
2012-08-21 15:33:44.705167|ERROR   |Accounting    |   | failed to register local accounting service
2012-08-21 15:33:44.705242|ERROR   |ServerLibPriv |   | Server() error while starting servermanager, error: instance check error

please advise m8

zhjim · 08-22-2012, 01:01 AM

I think that both scripts will work when everything else is sorted.
I googled up the line with "ERROR |Accounting | | failed to register local accounting service" and it seems a problem with a file in /dev/shm. See if you have a file like 7gbhujb54g8z9hu43jre8 and delete it.
If this does not help you have to take a closer look at the startup log file. Rename the old one to have only the last startup inside the file. If there are no more errors inside the log you might have to use strace to get down to the nitty gritty. But before this I would get a license file might solve it.

sethuper · 01-25-2015, 02:02 AM

I have followed step by step in this tutorial, everything is describe, how to install and configure TeamSpeak3 server with MySQL - MariaDB on Debian/Ubuntu.

http://terminal28.com/how-to-install-and-configure-teamspeak3-server-linux-debian-ubuntu/