Why won’t this init.d startup script work?
 

Hi all.

I just installed a web interface for my iptables log, but the included init script doesn’t work. Right now, I just leave it running in the shell, which is sort of lame, but it’s the only way it’ll run for now. Everything is installed where it should be, and I can run feed_db.pl at the shell.

Here’s the script –looks pretty standard.


#!/bin/sh
#
# System V init script for iptables logfile analyzer
#
# pid isn't saved by iptables logfile analyzer (afaik)
# we have two processes -> more difficult
#

PATH="/usr/local/sbin:/usr/local/bin:/sbin:/bin:/usr/sbin:/usr/bin"
LONGNAME="iptables logfile analyzer"
NAME="iptablelog"
DAEMON='/usr/local/bin/

set -e

# Main Loop
case $1 in
start)
echo -n "Starting $LONGNAME: ";
start-stop-daemon --start --quiet --pidfile /var/run/$NAME.pid --exec $DAEMON -- --background
echo $NAME;
;;
stop)
echo -n "Stopping $LONGNAME: "
start-stop-daemon --stop --quiet --pidfile /var/run/$NAME.pid || true
rm -f /var/run/$NAME.pid
echo $NAME
;;
*)
N=/etc/init.d/$NAME
# echo "Usage: $N {start|stop|restart|reload|force-reload}" >&2
echo "Usage: $N {start|stop}" >&2
exit 1
;;
esac

exit 0

# EOF

######################


If you run it, all you receive is this:

Executing /etc/rc.d/init.d/iptablelog start ..

Starting iptables logfile analyzer: /etc/rc.d/init.d/iptablelog: line 22: start-stop-daemon: command not found

If there something missing here? As always, any insight is appreciated.

Thanks,

Dave H

check if there's a function called 'start-stop-daemon' function in your /etc/init.d/functions file. it should be there, but likely, it's not :p maybe it's split up in two functions start-daemon and stop-daemon or so...

greetz & success,
.-=~ Iluvatar ~=-.

Hey, thanks for the reply iluvatar.

No, unfortunately there’s no 'start-stop-daemon' function I can find in that file, nor would I know how to add it. Sort of lame –The guy documents this thing using all Linux examples, yet the init.d startup file doesn’t even work on a standard init’d configuration without modifying the functions file? Of well, maybe I’m just missing the methodology here.

In this case, would anyone here know where and what to add to the following functions file so that the above startup script will fire up?


# -*-Shell-script-*-
#
# functions This file contains functions to be used by most or all
# shell scripts in the /etc/init.d directory.
#

TEXTDOMAIN=initscripts

# Make sure umask is sane
umask 022

# Set up a default search path.
PATH="/sbin:/usr/sbin:/bin:/usr/bin:/usr/X11R6/bin"
export PATH

# Get a sane screen width
[ -z "${COLUMNS:-}" ] && COLUMNS=80

[ -z "${CONSOLETYPE:-}" ] && CONSOLETYPE="`/sbin/consoletype`"

if [ -f /etc/sysconfig/i18n -a -z "${NOLOCALE:-}" ] ; then
. /etc/sysconfig/i18n
if [ "$CONSOLETYPE" != "pty" ]; then
case "${LANG:-}" in
ja_JP*|ko_KR*|zh_CN*|zh_TW*)
export LC_MESSAGES=en_US
;;
*)
export LANG
;;
esac
else
export LANG
fi
fi

# Read in our configuration
if [ -z "${BOOTUP:-}" ]; then
if [ -f /etc/sysconfig/init ]; then
. /etc/sysconfig/init
else
# This all seem confusing? Look in /etc/sysconfig/init,
# or in /usr/doc/initscripts-*/sysconfig.txt
BOOTUP=color
RES_COL=60
MOVE_TO_COL="echo -en \\033[${RES_COL}G"
SETCOLOR_SUCCESS="echo -en \\033[1;32m"
SETCOLOR_FAILURE="echo -en \\033[1;31m"
SETCOLOR_WARNING="echo -en \\033[1;33m"
SETCOLOR_NORMAL="echo -en \\033[0;39m"
LOGLEVEL=1
fi
if [ "$CONSOLETYPE" = "serial" ]; then
BOOTUP=serial
MOVE_TO_COL=
SETCOLOR_SUCCESS=
SETCOLOR_FAILURE=
SETCOLOR_WARNING=
SETCOLOR_NORMAL=
fi
fi

if [ "${BOOTUP:-}" != "verbose" ]; then
INITLOG_ARGS="-q"
else
INITLOG_ARGS=
fi

# Check if $pid (could be plural) are running
checkpid() {
local i

for i in $* ; do
[ -d "/proc/$i" ] || return 1
done
return 0
}


# A function to start a program.
daemon() {
# Test syntax.
local gotbase= force=
local base= user= nice= bg= pid=
nicelevel=0
while [ "$1" != "${1##[-+]}" ]; do
case $1 in
'') echo $"$0: Usage: daemon [+/-nicelevel] {program}"
return 1;;
--check)
base=$2
gotbase="yes"
shift 2
;;
--check=?*)
base=${1#--check=}
gotbase="yes"
shift
;;
--user)
user=$2
shift 2
;;
--user=?*)
user=${1#--user=}
shift
;;
--force)
force="force"
shift
;;
[-+][0-9]*)
nice="nice -n $1"
shift
;;
*) echo $"$0: Usage: daemon [+/-nicelevel] {program}"
return 1;;
esac
done

# Save basename.
[ -z "$gotbase" ] && base=${1##*/}

# See if it's already running. Look *only* at the pid file.
if [ -f /var/run/${base}.pid ]; then
local line p
read line < /var/run/${base}.pid
for p in $line ; do
[ -z "${p//[0-9]/}" -a -d "/proc/$p" ] && pid="$pid $p"
done
fi

[ -n "${pid:-}" -a -z "${force:-}" ] && return

# make sure it doesn't core dump anywhere; while this could mask
# problems with the daemon, it also closes some security problems
ulimit -S -c 0 >/dev/null 2>&1

# if they set NICELEVEL in /etc/sysconfig/foo, honor it
[ -n "$NICELEVEL" ] && nice="nice -n $NICELEVEL"

# Echo daemon
[ "${BOOTUP:-}" = "verbose" -a -z "$LSB" ] && echo -n " $base"

# And start it up.
if [ -z "$user" ]; then
$nice initlog $INITLOG_ARGS -c "$*"
else
$nice initlog $INITLOG_ARGS -c "su -s /bin/bash - $user -c \"$*\""
fi
[ "$?" -eq 0 ] && success $"$base startup" || failure $"$base startup"
}

# A function to stop a program.
killproc() {
RC=0
# Test syntax.
if [ "$#" -eq 0 ]; then
echo $"Usage: killproc {program} [signal]"
return 1
fi

notset=0
# check for second arg to be kill level
if [ -n "$2" ]; then
killlevel=$2
else
notset=1
killlevel="-9"
fi

# Save basename.
base=${1##*/}

# Find pid.
pid=
if [ -f /var/run/${base}.pid ]; then
local line p
read line < /var/run/${base}.pid
for p in $line ; do
[ -z "${p//[0-9]/}" -a -d "/proc/$p" ] && pid="$pid $p"
done
fi
if [ -z "$pid" ]; then
pid=`pidof -o $$ -o $PPID -o %PPID -x $1 || \
pidof -o $$ -o $PPID -o %PPID -x $base`
fi

# Kill it.
if [ -n "${pid:-}" ] ; then
[ "$BOOTUP" = "verbose" -a -z "$LSB" ] && echo -n "$base "
if [ "$notset" -eq "1" ] ; then
if checkpid $pid 2>&1; then
# TERM first, then KILL if not dead
kill -TERM $pid
usleep 100000
if checkpid $pid && sleep 1 &&
checkpid $pid && sleep 3 &&
checkpid $pid ; then
kill -KILL $pid
usleep 100000
fi
fi
checkpid $pid
RC=$?
[ "$RC" -eq 0 ] && failure $"$base shutdown" || success $"$base shutdown"
RC=$((! $RC))
# use specified level only
else
if checkpid $pid; then
kill $killlevel $pid
RC=$?
[ "$RC" -eq 0 ] && success $"$base $killlevel" || failure $"$base $killlevel"
fi
fi
else
failure $"$base shutdown"
RC=1
fi

# Remove pid file if any.
if [ "$notset" = "1" ]; then
rm -f /var/run/$base.pid
fi
return $RC
}

# A function to find the pid of a program. Looks *only* at the pidfile
pidfileofproc() {
local base=${1##*/}

# Test syntax.
if [ "$#" = 0 ] ; then
echo $"Usage: pidfileofproc {program}"
return 1
fi

# First try "/var/run/*.pid" files
if [ -f /var/run/$base.pid ] ; then
local line p pid=
read line < /var/run/$base.pid
for p in $line ; do
[ -z "${p//[0-9]/}" -a -d /proc/$p ] && pid="$pid $p"
done
if [ -n "$pid" ]; then
echo $pid
return 0
fi
fi
}

# A function to find the pid of a program.
pidofproc() {
base=${1##*/}

# Test syntax.
if [ "$#" = 0 ]; then
echo $"Usage: pidofproc {program}"
return 1
fi

# First try "/var/run/*.pid" files
if [ -f /var/run/$base.pid ]; then
local line p pid=
read line < /var/run/$base.pid
for p in $line ; do
[ -z "${p//[0-9]/}" -a -d /proc/$p ] && pid="$pid $p"
done
if [ -n "$pid" ]; then
echo $pid
return 0
fi
fi
pidof -o $$ -o $PPID -o %PPID -x $1 || \
pidof -o $$ -o $PPID -o %PPID -x $base
}

status() {
local base=${1##*/}
local pid

# Test syntax.
if [ "$#" = 0 ] ; then
echo $"Usage: status {program}"
return 1
fi

# First try "pidof"
pid=`pidof -o $$ -o $PPID -o %PPID -x $1 || \
pidof -o $$ -o $PPID -o %PPID -x ${base}`
if [ -n "$pid" ]; then
echo $"${base} (pid $pid) is running..."
return 0
fi

# Next try "/var/run/*.pid" files
if [ -f /var/run/${base}.pid ] ; then
read pid < /var/run/${base}.pid
if [ -n "$pid" ]; then
echo $"${base} dead but pid file exists"
return 1
fi
fi
# See if /var/lock/subsys/${base} exists
if [ -f /var/lock/subsys/${base} ]; then
echo $"${base} dead but subsys locked"
return 2
fi
echo $"${base} is stopped"
return 3
}

echo_success() {
[ "$BOOTUP" = "color" ] && $MOVE_TO_COL
echo -n "[ "
[ "$BOOTUP" = "color" ] && $SETCOLOR_SUCCESS
echo -n $"OK"
[ "$BOOTUP" = "color" ] && $SETCOLOR_NORMAL
echo -n " ]"
echo -ne "\r"
if [ "$BOOTUP" = "graphical" -a -x /usr/bin/rhgb-client ]; then
/usr/bin/rhgb-client -ping
fi
return 0
}

echo_failure() {
[ "$BOOTUP" = "color" ] && $MOVE_TO_COL
echo -n "["
[ "$BOOTUP" = "color" ] && $SETCOLOR_FAILURE
echo -n $"FAILED"
[ "$BOOTUP" = "color" ] && $SETCOLOR_NORMAL
echo -n "]"
echo -ne "\r"
if [ "$BOOTUP" = "graphical" -a -x /usr/bin/rhgb-client ]; then
/usr/bin/rhgb-client -ping
fi
return 1
}

echo_passed() {
[ "$BOOTUP" = "color" ] && $MOVE_TO_COL
echo -n "["
[ "$BOOTUP" = "color" ] && $SETCOLOR_WARNING
echo -n $"PASSED"
[ "$BOOTUP" = "color" ] && $SETCOLOR_NORMAL
echo -n "]"
echo -ne "\r"
if [ "$BOOTUP" = "graphical" -a -x /usr/bin/rhgb-client ]; then
/usr/bin/rhgb-client -ping
fi
return 1
}

echo_warning() {
[ "$BOOTUP" = "color" ] && $MOVE_TO_COL
echo -n "["
[ "$BOOTUP" = "color" ] && $SETCOLOR_WARNING
echo -n $"WARNING"
[ "$BOOTUP" = "color" ] && $SETCOLOR_NORMAL
echo -n "]"
echo -ne "\r"
if [ "$BOOTUP" = "graphical" -a -x /usr/bin/rhgb-client ]; then
/usr/bin/rhgb-client -ping
fi
return 1
}

# Log that something succeeded
success() {
if [ -z "${IN_INITLOG:-}" ]; then
initlog $INITLOG_ARGS -n $0 -s "$1" -e 1
else
# silly hack to avoid EPIPE killing rc.sysinit
trap "" SIGPIPE
echo "$INITLOG_ARGS -n $0 -s \"$1\" -e 1" >&21
trap - SIGPIPE
fi
[ "$BOOTUP" != "verbose" -a -z "$LSB" ] && echo_success
return 0
}

# Log that something failed
failure() {
rc=$?
if [ -z "${IN_INITLOG:-}" ]; then
initlog $INITLOG_ARGS -n $0 -s "$1" -e 2
else
trap "" SIGPIPE
echo "$INITLOG_ARGS -n $0 -s \"$1\" -e 2" >&21
trap - SIGPIPE
fi
[ "$BOOTUP" != "verbose" -a -z "$LSB" ] && echo_failure
return $rc
}

# Log that something passed, but may have had errors. Useful for fsck
passed() {
rc=$?
if [ -z "${IN_INITLOG:-}" ]; then
initlog $INITLOG_ARGS -n $0 -s "$1" -e 1
else
trap "" SIGPIPE
echo "$INITLOG_ARGS -n $0 -s \"$1\" -e 1" >&21
trap - SIGPIPE
fi
[ "$BOOTUP" != "verbose" -a -z "$LSB" ] && echo_passed
return $rc
}

# Log a warning
warning() {
rc=$?
if [ -z "${IN_INITLOG:-}" ]; then
initlog $INITLOG_ARGS -n $0 -s "$1" -e 1
else
trap "" SIGPIPE
echo "$INITLOG_ARGS -n $0 -s \"$1\" -e 1" >&21
trap - SIGPIPE
fi
[ "$BOOTUP" != "verbose" -a -z "$LSB" ] && echo_warning
return $rc
}

# Run some action. Log its output.
action() {
STRING=$1
echo -n "$STRING "
shift
initlog $INITLOG_ARGS -c "$*" && success $"$STRING" || failure $"$STRING"
rc=$?
echo
return $rc
}

# returns OK if $1 contains $2
strstr() {
#case "$1" in
# *${2}*) return 0 ;;
#esac
#return 1
[ "$1" = "$2" ] && return 0
slice=${1#*$2*}
[ "$slice" = "$1" ] && return 1
return 0
}

# Confirm whether we really want to run this service
confirm() {
local YES=$"yY"
local NO=$"nN"
local CONT=$"cC"

while : ; do
echo -n $"Start service $1 (Y)es/(N)o/(C)ontinue? [Y] "
read answer
if strstr "$YES" "$answer" || [ "$answer" = "" ] ; then
return 0
elif strstr "$CONT" "$answer" ; then
return 2
elif strstr "$NO" "$answer" ; then
return 1
fi
done
}


Sorry for posting the big mess, but you can't attach files, so this was the only way I could display it.

Many thanks,

Dave H