use of chkconfig

[tekknokrat]

I am trying to move the priority of the wpa_supplicant init.d script.

The script is modified to the new priorities and header looks like this:

/etc/init.d/wpa_supplicant:

#!/bin/bash
#
# wpa_supplicant 
#
# chkconfig:   - 09 91
# description: wpa_supplicant is a WPA Supplicant for Linux, BSD and \
#     Windows with support for WPA and WPA2 (IEEE 802.11i / RSN). Supplicant \
#     is the IEEE 802.1X/WPA component that is used in the client stations. \
#     It implements key negotiation with a WPA Authenticator and it controls \
#     the roaming and IEEE 802.11 authentication/association of the wlan driver.
# processname: wpa_supplicant
# config:      /etc/wpa_supplicant/wpa_supplicant.conf
#
### BEGIN INIT INFO
# Provides: wpa_supplicant
# Required-Start: $local_fs messagebus
# Required-Stop: $local_fs messagebus
# Default-Start: 2 3 4 5
# Default-Stop: 0 1 6
# Short-Description: start and stop wpa_supplicant
# Description: wpa_supplicant is a tool for connecting to wireless networks
### END INIT INFO

I tried several commands to get the symlinks updated to fit the new entry:

chkconfig --level 2345 wpa_supplicant off 
chkconfig --level 2345 wpa_supplicant on

chkconfig --level 2345 wpa_supplicant reset

chkconfig --level 2345 wpa_supplicant resetpriorities

But none of the changes the symlink:

ls /etc/rc*.d/|grep wpa
K84wpa_supplicant
K84wpa_supplicant
S23wpa_supplicant
S23wpa_supplicant
S23wpa_supplicant
S23wpa_supplicant
K84wpa_supplicant

Any suggestions?

[giulix]

Most probably --del and --add will do the trick

[tekknokrat]

Originally Posted by giulix

Most probably --del and --add will do the trick

nope, only forgot that in my list.

~$ sudo chkconfig --del wpa_supplicant
~$ sudo chkconfig --add wpa_supplicant
~$ ls /etc/rc*.d/|grep wpa
K84wpa_supplicant
K84wpa_supplicant
S23wpa_supplicant
S23wpa_supplicant
S23wpa_supplicant
S23wpa_supplicant
K84wpa_supplicant

[giulix]

Somehow the lines between
###### BEGIN INIT INFO
and
###### END INIT INFO
included seem to confuse chkconfig on my Centos 4 (no prob in deleting the links, though). See whether removing them improves the situation

[tekknokrat]

Got it solved when removing the Required-Start/Required-Stop statements, thanks for pointing that out.
I wonder where it gets the default priority for --add service.

[giulix]

It seems to depend from dependencies in the init scripts. Check this and this (function frobOneDependencies) for insights.