[Csync2] csync2 init.d script

[Michael Mansour]

Hi Marcus,

> I know someone asked on here about an init.d script for csync2. I 
> was  looking for one too after inetd was not working for me. I found 
> one  from pld-linux here:
> 
> http://cvs.pld-linux.org/cgi-
> bin/cvsweb.cgi/SOURCES/csync2.init?rev=1.2;content-type=text%2Fplain

I'm confused as to why this script is needed?

I've been running csync2 for many years and have only ever used it by cron'ing
the "csync2 -x blah".

What does this script provide that a cron doesn't?

Thanks for the info also.

Michael.

> However, it uses some rc.d scripts that are apparently only present 
> in  RedHat, Mandrake and a few other distros, and doesn't work in 
> Debian/ Ubuntu. I found a shell init.d script and built one that 
> seems to work:
> 
> #!/bin/sh
> #
> # csync2:        Init script for csync2 synchronisation daemon
> #
> # chkconfig: 345 90 10
> # description: csync2 is a mechanism for keeping multiple servers in  
> sync.
> # pidfile: /var/run/csync2.pid
> #
> # by Marcus Bointon <marcus at synchromedia.co.uk>
> # adapted from http://osdir.com/ml/mail.postfix.sqlgrey/2006-07/msg00000.html 
>   by Karl O. Pinc
> # GPL license
> 
> CSYNC2=/usr/sbin/csync2
> 
> # See how we were called.
> case "$1" in
>    start)
>          echo -n " csync2"
>          ERRMSG=$(/sbin/start-stop-daemon --pidfile /var/run/ 
> csync2.pid --make-pidfile --background --exec $CSYNC2 --start -- -ii 
>  2>&1)
> 
>          if [ $? != 0 ]; then
>              echo "(FAILED)"
>              [ "$ERRMSG" ] && echo "ERROR: $ERRMSG" >&2 || true
>              exit 1
>          fi
> 
>          [ "$ERRMSG" ] && echo -n " ($ERRMSG)" >&2 || true
>          ;;
> 
>    stop)
>          echo -n " csync2"
>          start-stop-daemon --stop --pidfile /var/run/csync2.pid
>          rm -f /var/run/csync2.pid
>          ;;
> 
>    restart)
>          $0 stop
>          sleep 1
>          $0 start
>          ;;
> 
>    *)
>          echo "Usage: csync2 {start|stop|restart}"
>          exit 1
> esac
> 
> exit 0
> 
> In particular it seems that you do need to explicitly tell csync2 to 
>  detach and to create a pid file.
> 
> Hope it's of use to others, the archives, or anyone who cares to  
> improve it (the PLD Linux one is quite a lot better).
> 
> Marcus
> -- 
> Marcus Bointon
> Synchromedia Limited: Creators of http://www.smartmessages.net/
> UK resellers of info at hand CRM solutions
> marcus at synchromedia.co.uk | http://www.synchromedia.co.uk/
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