Start-stop script for superserver on Linux does not always stop service [CORE1589]

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Submitted by: Emil Totev (emilt)

Attachments:
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The script in /etc/init.d/firebird is not able to stop the firebird superserver service when it has been started at system startup.
This is because the name of the pidfile is generated using `basename $0`, but the script also exists with a different name in the rcn.d directories.

Also the script doesn't show any indication for failure / success. The script is supposed to support multiple firebird instances, but `service status firebird` will show the pids of all the running fbservers regardless of the service name.

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Modified by: @dyemanov

assignee: Alexander Peshkov [ alexpeshkoff ]

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Commented by: Emil Totev (emilt)

This is a working start-stop script for Firebird 2 superserver on linux, supporting multiple firebird instances. It is tested on CentOS 4 based system and uses several simple RedHat specific functions.

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Modified by: Emil Totev (emilt)

Attachment: firebird [ 10660 ]

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Commented by: @AlexPeshkoff

Emil, what were the reasons to replace:
1) daemon with runuser
2) fbmgr with fbmgr.bin
?

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Commented by: Emil Totev (emilt)

I had to use fbmgr.bin, because fbmgr is a shell script overriding $FIREBIRD with the default /opt/firebird and then starting fbmgr.bin.

Similarly, on my system 'daemon' somehow doesn't pass the environment properly, so it still looks for /opt/firebird. Apart from the numerous checks, my 'daemon' is starting the service effectively with

initlog -c "runuser -s /bin/bash - $user -c \"$*\""

I assumed that initlog is the guilty one and tried without it - and it worked.

You can also contact me directly if I can be of more help

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Commented by: @AlexPeshkoff

Patch is commited, same changes are done in start scripts (generic, slackware, gentoo) I could test myself.

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Modified by: @AlexPeshkoff

status: Open [ 1 ] => Resolved [ 5 ]

resolution: Fixed [ 1 ]

Fix Version: 2.1 RC1 [ 10201 ]

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Modified by: @pcisar

status: Resolved [ 5 ] => Closed [ 6 ]

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Modified by: @pcisar

Workflow: jira [ 13404 ] => Firebird [ 14038 ]

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Modified by: @pavel-zotov

QA Status: No test

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Modified by: @pavel-zotov

status: Closed [ 6 ] => Closed [ 6 ]

QA Status: No test => Cannot be tested