Fetchmail init script

[blainehilton]

I am trying to have fetchmail load the daemon when the Fedora server is started. I have been trying to get the script located at http://www.fedoraforum.org/forum/showthread.php?t=12127 to work. However I am having problems

First of all it does not start the daemon when the computer is turned on. I'm not sure if I have the chkconfig line right. I have tried "chkconfig 35 90 10" and "chkconfig - 90 10".

When I enter "service fetchmail status" as root I have an error saying "/etc/init.d/fetchmail: line 95: status: command not found".

When I enter "service fethcmail start" as root I have an error saying "/etc/init.d/fetchmail: line 63: daemon: command not found".

Any ideas?


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Thanks in advance
Blaine

[jim]

try su -
service fetchmail start
or
su
/sbin/service fetchmail start

[blainehilton]

Thanks for your response.

I have been root when doing this, but I tried both ways you listed and it does not work. If I type in "fetchmail" as root in the /etc/init.d/ folder, the fetchmail daemon will start. However I still can not do the service status/start/stop stuff, nor will it start when the server is started. I think there is a syntax error in the script, but I am not sure where.

Any other suggestions?


BTW: I changed line 15 of the script which goes like this:

# Source function library.
.. /etc/rc.d/init.d/functions

to

# Source function library.
/etc/rc.d/init.d/functions

and now when I enter "service fetchmail status", I do not have an error, but just nothing. It just gives me another command prompt. Same thing for 'service fetchmail start". The service does not start, and I am just given another command prompt.

[n2rjt]

Good script, thank you. I would only suggest 2 things:
a) replace the find with ls /home/*/.fetchmailrc, since find can be slow if the users have large directories.
b) or even better, for each user, find the home directory, look for .fetchmailrc there.
(don't assume /home/$u is home directory of user $u)

Of course, for me and most, the assumption is valid.