On 29/11/2012 11:25, Alexander Gurvitz wrote: Hi Alexander,
> I'm trying to run a bind9 from an upstart job instead of an init.d script. > I'm a bit confused if I should "expect fork" or "expect daemon". It seems > to work with "expect fork", though somehow I don't feel convinced. Actually, you don't need either. If you start BIND with the "-f" option, it remains in the foreground, and this is the best way to run daemons under upstart (and also OSX's launchd). See below. > (Upstart must know how the daemon forks - if it forks once, > "expect fork" should be specified, and if a daemon forks twice, > it should be "expect daemon". Then upstart will wait for that forkings and > will monitor the final PID). > > Thanks in advance, > Alexander Gurvitz, > net-me.net > > P.S My /etc/init/bind.conf: > > start on runlevel [2345] > stop on runlevel [!2345] > > pre-start script > # dirs under /var/run can go away on reboots. > mkdir -p /var/run/named > chmod 775 /var/run/named > chown root:bind /var/run/named >/dev/null 2>&1 || true > end script > > exec /usr/sbin/named -u bind Replace this with "exec /usr/sbin/named -f -u bind" > pre-stop exec rndc stop -p > > post-stop exec logger -p user.warning -t upstart-bind "bind stopped" > > expect fork Remove this "expect fork". > respawn > respawn limit 3 10 > kill timeout 30 > console none Regards, Anand Buddhdev RIPE NCC _______________________________________________ Please visit https://lists.isc.org/mailman/listinfo/bind-users to unsubscribe from this list bind-users mailing list bind-users@lists.isc.org https://lists.isc.org/mailman/listinfo/bind-users