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The init.d directory contains a number of start/stop scripts for various services on a Linux system.

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Spring Boot (Tomcat) based application as daemon - howto stop?

I wrote a Spring Boot webservice that uses an embedded tomcat as container. In case the system reboots I want to backup some information to a mysql database. In my webservice I use @Scheduled() and @PreDestroy to run the backup. This goes well…
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How to make my init.d script change users

I have this script which I would like to switch to the user "terraria" before starting the daemon. I can't figure out how to do it. My research brings me to bash scripts using su my_user -c, but I don't think that works in this case. #!/bin/bash #…
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Bash scripting - writing an init.d script

I'm using /etc/init.d/httpd as a template for an init.d script. I understand everything that is going on in the file except the following line: LANG=$HTTPD_LANG daemon --pidfile=${pidfile} $httpd $OPTIONS Can somebody explain why HTTPD_LANG (which…
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init.d: starting mplayer via "start-stop-daemon"

with an Ubuntu machine I'd like to run MPlayer like a daemon. In foreground the following configuration is exactly what I need: mplayer -slave -idle -input file=/tmp/mplayercontrol. Now, I wrote the following script: # /etc/init.d/mplayerd ### BEGIN…
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daemonizing celery process celeryd-multi not found

I'm trying to daemonize the celery process for django running inside a virtualenv. I copied the celeryd file from https://github.com/celery/celery/tree/master/extra/generic-init.d to /etc/init.d/ I then created a config file with the contents at…
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Erlang: daemon 'init.d' script fails to start

I have a python script which manages an Erlang daemon. Everything works fine when used through a shell once the system is initialized. Now, when I included the same script under "/etc/init.d" and with the symlinks properly set in "/etc/rcX.d", the…
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Daemonizing a python script in debian

I have a python script that i want to run in the background on startup. This is the script: #!/usr/bin/python from Adafruit_CharLCD import Adafruit_CharLCD from subprocess import * from time import sleep, strftime from datetime import datetime from…
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How do I support multiple server.pid files?

I am running play on multiple machines in our datacenter. We loadbalance the hell out of everything. On each play node/VM I'm using Apache and an init.d/play script to start and stop the play service. The problem is that our play websites are hosted…
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how to autorun a shell script after boot - OpenWRT

i just got interested in OpenWRT and want to try somethings. i'm trying to run a script right after my OpenWRT boots. here is my script file customchain.sh #!/bin/sh /etc/rc.common START=99 start(){ [my custom chains] } i've placed this script…
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Log output from service in /var/log/ (sysvinit)

I have an init.d script that runs a binary as a daemon. The binary regularly writes status lines to stdout. I would like to log those lines into /var/log/my-daemon. When the start code is like this: start-stop-daemon -S -x $DAEMON -- $ARGS And I…
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Considerations for building SysV or Upstart compatible Bash scripts

I've just knocked out a quick script for keeping a slave web server in sync with a master using rsync. (https://github.com/simonjgreen/liveFolderSync/blob/master/liveFolderSync.sh) I'd like to make this run on boot and be controllable via the usual…
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Better script to restart mysql on Ubuntu 8.04

When I say sudo /etc/init.d/mysql restart on Ubuntu 8.04.2 sometimes there remains a mysql_safe process eating 99% of cpu. Making the machine practically unusable. Is there a better way to restart mysql? I thought about writing a script: sudo…
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How can I run a service inside a docker container to get feed from a IDS uEye camera using gstreamer?

I have a docker container that uses a gstreamer plugin to capture the input of a camera. It runs fine with a Bastler camera but now I need to use an IDS uEye camera. To be able to use this camera I need to have the ueyeusbdrc service running. The…
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Why would you set the same values in Required-start as you did for Required-stop in a init.d script?

The Debian wiki gives the following example for 'INIT INFO`: ### BEGIN INIT INFO # Provides: scriptname # Required-Start: $remote_fs $syslog # Required-Stop: $remote_fs $syslog # Default-Start: 2 3 4 5 # Default-Stop: 0 1…
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Debian execute springboot app as service: service not found

I follow this doc: https://docs.spring.io/spring-boot/docs/current/reference/htmlsingle/#deployment-initd-service My app repo: └──╼ ls -l total 67556 -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 1842 nov. 7 15:06 application.yml -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 69169161…
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