Chris Gianelloni wrote:
> Most things *should* not to *anything* if the account exists in
> mysql/ldap/nis/etc as the account is already present.
Right, i.e. use NSS for the query and *don't* use hacks like grepping
/etc/passwd.
> It's just the
> case of it *not* existing that causes the real pr
Hi all,
I need to write an init-script for multiple instances of the same
service with different configurations (need to start/stop them
individually) similar to what the net.xx scripts do.
I thought I could get the instance name from $0 and use it as a key to
look up the configuration in /etc/co
Mike Frysinger wrote:
> On Sunday 20 August 2006 08:01, paul kölle wrote:
>> How do I get the name of the called script in /etc/init.d? Better ideas?
>
> use $SVCNAME
>
> see the sshd init.d script for some examples
thanks mike, you got me started ;)
actually there is
[posted on gentoo-java without luck, I hope those rc-stuff questions are
not too off topic here...]
Hi all,
I'm trying to write a startup script for helma (http://helma.org) but
start-stop-daemon gives me trouble here (I briefly looked at the jboss
and jetty scripts but they don't use start-stop-
Roy Marples wrote:
> On Tuesday 22 August 2006 08:42, paul kölle wrote:
[ snipp ]
>> Starting /opt/sun-jdk-1.5.0.08/bin/java...
>> Detatching to start /opt/sun-jdk-1.5.0.08/bin/java...done.
>> [ ok ]
>>
>> -> app not running
>>
>> I'm mostly in
Roman Zimmermann wrote:
> So I'm with Ciaran here: It works for almost all packages and makes at least
> some difference. Maybe enough to (really) give the users the choice (without
> the ugly EXTRA_ECONF-hack)?
I wonder why you call this an ugly hack? It seems to me everyone who
wishes to avoid
