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[seabird]

Hello everyone,

I have a server where I know I want to start some programs at boot in a screen. I know exaclty what I want them to do.

at start issue:
su USER -c 'screen -dmS irssi irssi'
at shutdown (or reboot):
su USER -c 'screen -S irssi -X stuff "/quit $(echo -ne "\r")"'

Now I would like to have this run in the "service list and be able to select it using chkconfig.

So I am guessing it will look something like this: (not sure how to write the bold part)

#!/bin/sh
#
# chkconfig: - 92 35
# description: Starts and stops the IRSSI in \
#              detached screen for jacco.


# Source function library.
if [ -f /etc/init.d/functions ] ; then
  . /etc/init.d/functions
elif [ -f /etc/rc.d/init.d/functions ] ; then
  . /etc/rc.d/init.d/functions
else
  exit 1
fi

# Avoid using root's TMPDIR
unset TMPDIR

# Check that networking is up.
[ ${NETWORKING} = "no" ] && exit 1

RETVAL=0

start() {
        KIND="IRSSI"
        echo -n $"Starting $KIND services: "
        su USER -c 'screen -dmS irssi irssi'
         RETVAL=$?
        echo
         [ $RETVAL -eq 0 ] && succes || failure
       RETVAL=1
        return $RETVAL
}

stop() {
        KIND="IRSSI"
        echo -n $"Shutting down $KIND services: "
        su USER -c 'screen -S irssi -X stuff "/quit $(echo -ne "\r")"'
        RETVAL=$?
        echo
        [ $RETVAL -eq 0 ] && succes || failure
        return $RETVAL
}

case "$1" in
  start)
        start
        ;;
  stop)
        stop
        ;;
  *)
        echo $"Usage: $0 {start|stop}"
        exit 2
esac

exit $?

Starting does work in this script but it is reported back as failed ..... stopping does not work (but reports it does)

[jpollard]

Since you are using fedora 15, the stopping will not work because the task is marked failed.

On the start, try "exit 0" instead of "exit $?". You are not returning the success exit status (0), but something else.

[seabird]

Originally Posted by jpollard

On the start, try "exit 0" instead of "exit $?".

That did the trick, thnx