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[ThatScriptGuy]

I need to have assp run on system startup, since my server seems to be suffering from random reboots.

I need to run the command perl /usr/share/assp/assp.pl when the system turns on, so that it will receive mail and I can send mail..

Anybody?

Kevin

[voidSecurity]

echo "perl /usr/share/assp/assp.pl 2>&1 & " >> /etc/rc.d/rc.local

Best Regards

[ThatScriptGuy]

I already had perl /usr/share/assp/assp.pl in etc/rc.d/rc.local, but the script still doesn't start..

what does the 2>&1 & do?

Kevin

[voidSecurity]

2>&1 redirects stderr to stdout
& puts it in the background

[ThatScriptGuy]

Thanks for the info!

Kevin

[ThatScriptGuy]

Nope - still not running on startup....

I'm very confused as the rc.d/rc.local was how I tried to do it when I first got the box, but it never worked...I thought I just had the syntax wrong...

any other ideas?
Kevin

[voidSecurity]

ok. lets try something else.

nano /etc/init.d/assp

#!/bin/bash

PATH=/bin:/usr/bin:/sbin:/usr/sbin

case "$1" in

    start)
        echo -n "Starting"
        cd /usr/share/assp
        perl assp.pl
    ;;

    stop)
        echo -n "Stopping"
        kill -9 `ps ax | grep "perl assp.pl" | grep -v grep | awk '{ print $1 }'`
    ;;

    restart)
        $0 stop || true
        $0 start
    ;;

    *)
    echo "Usage: /etc/init.d/assp {start|stop|restart}"
    exit 1
    ;;

esac

exit 0

chmod +x /etc/init.d/assp
echo " /etc/init.d/assp start &> /dev/null " /etc/init.d/rc.local

[david510]

Have you made sure the file /usr/share/assp/assp.pl has got permission 755?

[ThatScriptGuy]

The permissions on the file are fine. I can run it manuallly (and have been since I got the box) but now it's becoming inconvenient to have no mail until I start assp.

I'll try your script in just a sec voidsecurity...hopefully it works..

Kevin

[ThatScriptGuy]

Still nothing. I can now run /etc/init.d/assp start, and it starts beautifully, but it's still not doing it on startup....

This is weird.

[ThatScriptGuy]

Fixed it!

I changed /etc/rc.d/rc.local to run /etc/init.d/assp start and assp is FINALLY starting when the system starts..

Thanks for all your help void...

[Adam-AEC]

Originally Posted by kcackler

Fixed it!

I changed /etc/rc.d/rc.local to run /etc/init.d/assp start and assp is FINALLY starting when the system starts..

Thanks for all your help void...

Using chkconfig would of worked as well.

ie. chkconfig --levels 12345 assp on

You'll also want to look in one of the other threads regarding ASSP. It has a tendency to die randomly (not often tho) and there is a script you can run to restart it if it dies.