Re: [Sks-devel] debian sks start from init file fails

[Christoph Martin]

Teun Nijssen schrieb:
> on 2009-03-13 18:09 Andy Ruddock wrote the following:
>> Phil Pennock wrote:
>>> On 2009-03-13 at 08:44 +0100, Gab wrote:
>>>> Hi!
>>>> If i start sks with the usual debian way /etc/init.d/sks start or
>>>> restart sksdb e sksrecon don't start living this error message:
>>>>
>>>>> address@hidden:~# /etc/init.d/sks start
>>>>> Starting sks daemons: sksdb.. sksrecon.. done.
>>>> Apparently go smooth but there's no server listening.
>>>> If i restart it it says:
>>>>
>>>>> address@hidden:~# /etc/init.d/sks restart
>>>>> Stopping sks daemons: sksrecon..start-stop-daemon: warning: failed to 
>>>>> kill 16818: No such process
>>>>>  sksdb..start-stop-daemon: warning: failed to kill 16815: No such process
>>>>>  done.
>>>>> Starting sks daemons: sksdb.. sksrecon.. done.
>>>> If i launch sksdb& abd sksrecon& singulary all goes well:
>>>>
>>>>> tcp        0      0 0.0.0.0:11370           0.0.0.0:*               
>>>>> LISTEN      0          134370      16673/sks       
>>>>> tcp        0      0 0.0.0.0:11371           0.0.0.0:*               
>>>>> LISTEN      0          134346      16671/sks
>>>> I have executed one by one all commands inside sks_build.sh separately
>>>> and all went well , i have never seen this behaviur .
>>> Well, what about the logs, what do they say?
>>> And what user owns all the files and which user is sks running as when
>>> started by the init.d script?
>>> Eg, if Debian is doing something like creating a Debian-sks user, then
>>> you'll need to make sure that most of the sks directory area is
>>> read-writeable by that user -- typically by making it owned by that
>>> user.
>> If the Debian install is anything like the Ubuntu one, then the pid
>> files are stored in /var/run/sks/sksdb.pid & /var/run/sks/sksrecon.pid.
>> The problem is that /var/run is mounted as a temporary filesystem and
>> the sks sub-directory doesn't exist.
>> You'll need to create the /var/run/sks directory, and set its owner to
>> debian-sks before starting the daemons.
>>
>> I documented it here :
>>
>> http://tinyurl.com/az9w2h
> 
> I agree. I use the following lines, which look way more fun than yours :)
> 
> mkdir -p `dirname "$SKSDBPID"`
> chown debian-sks:debian-sks `dirname "$SKSDBPID"`
> 
> Christoph, can you commit this for a new .deb package?

I am preparing a new version and include the patch. Thanks for the hint.

Christoph

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