Re: [Motion-user] Motion on Debian --> Init-Scripts don't work in Crontab

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Hello Again,

see the start of the script:
PATH_BIN=/bin:/usr/bin:/sbin:/usr/sbin
DAEMON=/usr/bin/motion

and later:
start-stop-daemon --start --oknodo --exec $DAEMON -b --chuid motion

It should find motion...

On the other hand: The error was, that start-stop-daemon was not found. 
This is in /sbin/. So it migth in fact be a PATH Problem.

Greetings,
Hendrik

Am 28.07.2011 16:03, schrieb Artur Pinheiro:
> Hi,
>
> do the script work if invoked manually?
>
> I think your problem is then PATH environment variable not initialised
> correctly.
>
> Em 27-07-2011 22:46, Andrew Burgess escreveu:
>> On 07/27/2011 09:56:42 AM, Hendrik Friedel wrote:
>>
>>> that gives me:
>>> Starting motion detection daemon: motion/etc/init.d/motion: 103:
>>> start-stop-daemon: not found
>>>     failed!
>>> Stopping motion detection daemon: motion/etc/init.d/motion: 103:
>>> start-stop-daemon: not found
>>>     failed!
>> i dont use debian so grain of salt.
>>
>> where is the motion executable? does the PATH_BIN= statement catch it?
>>
>> other debug suggestions:
>>
>> is start-stop-daemon defined in /lib/lsb/init-functions?
>> look at it and try to see whats going on.
>>
>> add a set -x to the script or start it with sh -x ...
>> might tell you something
>>
>>
>>
>>> That's odd, isn't it?
>>>
>>> I've attached the script.
>>>
>>> Greetings,
>>> Hendrik
>>>
>>>
>>> #!/bin/sh -e
>>> #
>>> # /etc/init.d/motion: Start the motion detection
>>> #
>>> ### BEGIN INIT INFO
>>> # Provides:       motion
>>> # Required-Start: $local_fs $syslog $remote_fs
>>> # Required-Stop: $remote_fs
>>> # Default-Start:  2 3 4 5
>>> # Default-Stop: 0 1 6
>>> # Short-Description: Start Motion detection
>>> # Description: loads motion and assigns privileges
>>> ### END INIT INFO
>>>
>>> # Ported to new debian way using sh and /lib/lsb/init-functions
>>> # by Angel Carpintero<ac...@te...>
>>> # Modified by : Juan Angulo Moreno<ju...@ap...>
>>> #               Eddy Petrisor<edd...@gm...>
>>> #               ArAge<Ar...@gm...>
>>>
>>> NAME=motion
>>> PATH_BIN=/bin:/usr/bin:/sbin:/usr/sbin
>>> DAEMON=/usr/bin/motion
>>> PIDFILE=/var/run/$NAME.pid
>>> DEFAULTS=/etc/default/$NAME
>>> DESC="motion detection daemon"
>>>
>>> ENV="env -i LANG=C PATH=$PATH_BIN"
>>>
>>> . /lib/lsb/init-functions
>>>
>>> test -x $DAEMON || exit 0
>>>
>>> RET=0
>>>
>>> [ -r "$DEFAULTS" ]&&   . "$DEFAULTS" || start_motion_daemon=yes
>>>
>>>
>>> check_daemon_enabled () {
>>>        if [ "$start_motion_daemon" = "yes" ] ; then
>>>            return 0
>>>        else
>>>            log_warning_msg "Not starting $NAME daemon, disabled via
>>> /etc/default/$NAME"
>>>            return 1
>>>        fi
>>>
>>> }
>>>
>>>
>>> case "$1" in
>>>      start)
>>>        if check_daemon_enabled ; then
>>>            log_daemon_msg "Starting $DESC" "$NAME"
>>> if start-stop-daemon --start --oknodo --exec $DAEMON -b --chuid
>>> motion ;
>>> then
>>>                log_end_msg 0
>>>            else
>>>                log_end_msg 1
>>>                RET=1
>>>            fi
>>>        fi
>>>        ;;
>>>
>>>      stop)
>>>        log_daemon_msg "Stopping $DESC" "$NAME"
>>>        if start-stop-daemon --stop --oknodo --exec $DAEMON --retry 30 ;
>>> then
>>>            log_end_msg 0
>>>        else
>>>            log_end_msg 1
>>>            RET=1
>>>        fi
>>>        ;;
>>>
>>>      reload|force-reload)
>>>        log_daemon_msg "Reloading $NAME configuration"
>>>        if start-stop-daemon --stop --signal HUP --exec $DAEMON ; then
>>>            log_end_msg 0
>>>        else
>>>            log_end_msg 1
>>>            RET=1
>>>        fi
>>>        ;;
>>>
>>>      restart-motion)
>>>        if check_daemon_enabled ; then
>>>            log_action_begin_msg "Restarting $NAME"
>>>            if $0 stop&&   $0 start ; then
>>>                log_action_end_msg 0
>>>            else
>>>                log_action_cont_msg "(failed)"
>>>                RET=1
>>>            fi
>>>        fi
>>>        ;;
>>>
>>>      restart)
>>>        $0 restart-motion
>>>        ;;
>>>
>>>      *)
>>>        echo "Usage: /etc/init.d/$NAME {start|stop|restart|reload}"
>>>        RET=1
>>>        ;;
>>> esac
>>>
>>>
>>> exit $RET
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> Am 27.07.2011 17:40, schrieb Andrew Burgess:
>>>> On 07/27/2011 08:31:00 AM, Hendrik Friedel wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> I suppose there's the one or other User using motion under Debian,
>>>>> here?
>>>>> I have this problem:
>>>>> crontab-l
>>>>> 56 16 * * * whoami>/motionstartstop.log
>>>>> 57 16 * * * /etc/init.d/motion start>>/motionstartstop.log
>>>>> 59 16 * * * /etc/init.d/motion stop>>/motionstartstop.log
>>>>>
>>>>> cat /motionstartstop.log
>>>>> root
>>>>> Starting motion detection daemon: motion failed!
>>>>> Stopping motion detection daemon: motion failed!
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> Also, starting motion without the init-scripts does not work, when
>>>>> done
>>>>> in the crontab.
>>>>>
>>>>> Any Ideas?
>>>> you should also redirect stderr to the logfile (although cron on
>>>> fedora will email you stderr if it gets written to; did you check
>>>> root's mail?)
>>>>
>>>> this should do it:
>>>>
>>>> 57 16 * * * /etc/init.d/motion start>>/motionstartstop.log 2>&1
>>>>
>>>> or try at a shell:
>>>>
>>>> /usr/bin/motion -n
>>>>
>>>> hth
>>>>
>>>>
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