Re: [webmin-l] problem with bootup and shutdown action

[Jamie C. <jca...@we...>]

On 6/Jun/2006 03:27 and...@fr... wrote ..
> If I add a new action, a new file is added to my /etc/init.d directory.
> 
> If I put that job on startup at boot time, a link to that file is created
> in the (on example) /etc/init.d/rc3.d
> 
> If I reboot the box, the job doesn't start.

I suspect that the use of the runlevel 3 link is the problem here..

> I noticed 4 things about that job
> 
> 1) the link is absolute, not relative; almost all are link to ../jobname;
> the new one is linked to /etc/init.d/jobname

That won't cause any problems .. as long as the link points to the right file,
it will work.

> 2) the name is S99jobname, instead of a lower number (last used is, on
> example S15jobname, so in principle S16jobname should be created (I
> think....)

Generally, all user-created actions should have high priorities like 99.
The low priorities like 15 are usually for criticial system-related scripts
which must run first.

> 3) on older systems  I saw two links ; SxxJob Name and KyyJobName; here
> I
> see only S99JobName

The K script is run when the system shuts down. However, for most servers
it is not necessary.

> 4) If I add a new job, and also put that in startup automatic, another
> S99NewJobName link is created (again absolute link)
> 
> I am using Webmin 1.270-1.noarch.rpm, just upgraded to the last fix;
> My operating system is Suse Linux 10.0,  kernel 2.6.13-15.10-default

I think that the underlying problem may be the way Webmin creates the
init.d script. What does the chkconfig: line at the top of the script
contain on your system?

 - Jamie