Mail Archives: cygwin/2005/08/15/17:59:11
On Mon, 15 Aug 2005 kandryc AT miser DOT umass DOT edu wrote:
> Thanks Vince,
>
> I was trying to do this, however, I can't find the documentation on how to add
> the sysV init scripts as a service. I think you just add /etc/rc.d/rc.sysinit as
> a service using:
>
> # cygrunsrv --install rc.sysinit --path /etc/rc.d/rc.sysinit --disp "CYGWIN sysinit"
>
> Is this correct?
Not quite. First make sure you have the sysVinit package installed, and
you will also want the initscripts package, (both in ths system category)
and read /usr/share/doc/Cygwin/sysvinit.README
Vince
>
> Quoting Vince <jhary AT unsane DOT co DOT uk>:
>
>>
>>>> However, when I start the service from either the services
>>> console or with:
>>>>
>>>> # cygrunsrv --start slapd
>>>>
>>>> It will start and then stop after about 5 seconds. When
>>> checking the
>>>> Application event log, I found this:
>>>>
>>>> "The description for Event ID ( 0 ) in Source ( slapd ) cannot be
>>>> found. The local computer may not have the necessary registry
>>>> information or message DLL files to display messages from a remote
>>>> computer. You may be able to use the /AUXSOURCE= flag to
>>> retrieve this description; see Help and Support for details.
>>>> The following information is part of the event: slapd : PID
>>> 2888 : slapd stopped.."
>>>>
>>>> However, if I manually start it by using the following:
>>>>
>>>> # /usr/sbin/slpad -h ldaps:///
>>>>
>>>> It works fine. Anyone know the reson why it fails? Is there anyway
>>>> that it can be run from the init scripts?
>>>>
>>
>> Install the sysV init package and install that to run as a service. That
>> way you can run all your cygwin daemons as you would under *nix, using
>> init scripts.
>> (You may have to write an init script of course as a lot of cygwin server
>> programs expect to be run via cygrunserv not under init.)
>> For slapd try this as /etc/rc.d/init.d/slapd
>> ----------------start-------------
>> #!/bin/bash
>> #
>> # Init file for slapd ldap server
>> #
>> # chkconfig: 345 35 65
>> # description: OpenLDAP server daemon
>> #
>> # processname: slapd
>> # config: /etc/openldap/slapd.conf
>> # pidfile: /var/run/slapd.pid
>>
>> # source function library
>> . /etc/rc.d/init.d/functions
>>
>> # pull in sysconfig settings
>> [ -f /etc/sysconfig/slapd ] && . /etc/sysconfig/slapd
>>
>> RETVAL=0
>> prog="slapd"
>> SLAPD=/usr/sbin/slapd
>> PID_FILE=/var/openldap/run/slapd.pid
>> OPTIONS=""
>> # Some functions to make the below more readable
>>
>> start()
>> {
>> echo -n $"Starting $prog:"
>> daemon $SLAPD $OPTIONS && success || failure
>> RETVAL=$?
>> [ "$RETVAL" = 0 ] && touch /var/lock/subsys/slapd
>> echo
>> }
>>
>> stop()
>> {
>> echo -n $"Stopping $prog:"
>> killproc $SLAPD -TERM
>> RETVAL=$?
>> [ "$RETVAL" = 0 ] && rm -f /var/lock/subsys/slapd
>> echo
>> }
>>
>> reload()
>> {
>> echo -n $"Reloading $prog:"
>> killproc $SLAPD -HUP
>> RETVAL=$?
>> echo
>> }
>>
>> case "$1" in
>> start)
>> start
>> ;;
>> stop)
>> stop
>> ;;
>> restart)
>> stop
>> start
>> ;;
>> reload)
>> reload
>> ;;
>> status)
>> status $SLAPD
>> RETVAL=$?
>> ;;
>> *)
>> echo $"Usage: $0
>> {start|stop|restart|reload|condrestart|status}"
>> RETVAL=1
>> esac
>> exit $RETVAL
>> -------------------------end--------------------------------------
>> (taken from some linux distro or the slapd tarball, I forget which)
>>
>> Vince
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>>> Thanks!
>>>
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