Startup script giving me a headache.

[nerbonne]

Ok, I wrote a script that does exactly what I want, but for the life of me, I cannot get it to run at bootup. I put the script in /etc/init.d/ and linked it in the /etc/init.d/boot.d directory using "ln -s ../boot.backups S15boot.backups".

Then I rebooted. I was sure this would work, but it doesn't?

Here is the contents of my script. Maybe you can point out where I went wrong? Permissions on the script are 755 just like most other boot scripts in the init.d directory.

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#!/bin/sh

# Remove existing rsnapshot config in case multiple backups are configured on this machine.
rm -rf /etc/rsnapshot.conf

# Move in the config that we need.
cp /etc/kb6/rsnapshot.conf /etc/rsnapshot.conf

# Run rsnapshot to rotate and download the new backups.
/usr/local/bin/rsnapshot daily

# Send an email to let everyone know the backups were done.
ssh root@server_here.net /root/cpbackups_complete

 

[geirendre]

Just a couple of shots in the dark...

Have You made the script executable ( chmod +x boot.backups ) ?

Are You shure your system is ready to run the backupscript
as early in the startup as at S15?

 

[nerbonne]

Thanks for the reply.

It is executable, but I will re-verify.

About being S15, I don't know. It is the last of the boot scripts, how can I start it later (5 minutes or so is fine).

 

[stefanwagner]

When you start it manually it works, I guess.

The path to rm, cp and ssh is already set at that stage - can you check this?

The used directories are already mounted?

Did you look into the logfiles for errors?

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[ZaSter]

nerbonne,

It might help you to take a look at "man chkconfig".

See the "RUNLEVEL FILES" section where it talks about the need for two or more commented lines.

Hope that helps,
--
ZaSter

 

[nerbonne]

Ok, I added the two lines for chkconfig, and then ran "chkconfig --add boot.backups" and I get the output:

boot.backups: unknown service

So I guess my question is, how do I add it as a service? I am using SUSE 10 if that helps.

 

[ZaSter]

I'm not sure, but I think SUSE 10 uses "chkconfig -a " to add the service to all run levels. And to limit the run levels to level 3 and level 5 for example would be:

chkconfig boot.backups 35

That work?

 

[elgrandeperro]

Is the ssh failing? Is that how you know?

ssh needs the local network/default gateway to be up in order to run.

 

[pansophic]

Have you tried setting it to S99 rather than S15 so that it will start as late in the bootup process as possible? I saw that suggestion initially and it seems to make the most sense.


pansophic

 

[QatQat]

A correctly formed startup script should have at least a "start" and "stop" section to take care of the two events.

below is a structure of a correctly formed startup script

#!/bin/sh

case "$1" in
  start)
    /path_to_command/command_to_run_at_start
    ;;
  stop)
    /path_to_command/command_to_run_at_stop
    ;;
  *)
    echo "Usage: $(basename $0) <start|stop>"
    ;;
esac

In your case I suggest you create a script, make it executable and call it from /etc/rc.local

QatQat

QatQat

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