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I'm running a gameserver and want to start it on a screen on system start, but screen is user specific, so I have to run the command as 'user'. So I wrote this short service script which starts itself as 'user':

#!/bin/sh

#/etc/init.d/gameserver                                                                                                                     



case "$1" in

  -user)

    sleep 1

    case "$2" in

      start)

        echo "Starting server..."

        screen -dmS scr1 /home/user/game/run.sh

        echo "Server started"

        ;;

      stop) #definitely unfinished 

        echo "Stopping Server..."

        #screen -S scr1 say Server is going down for a halt now!

        #sleep 1

        #screen -S scr1 stop

        echo "Server stopped"

        ;;

      *)

        echo "Usage: /etc/init.d/gameserver {start|stop}"

        exit 1

        ;;

    esac

    ;;

  *)

    su - user  -c "bash -c  '/etc/init.d/gameserver -user $1'"

    ;;

esac



exit 0

and after sudo update-rc.d gameserver defaults the command sudo service gameserver start runs fine, but sadly the server isnt started on system startup.. I'm running Ubuntu 12.04 x64

edit: I've tried replacing su -c with setuid but still no change.

ubuntu bash service gnu-screen startup

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I'm running a gameserver and want to start it on a screen on system start, but screen is user specific, so I have to run the command as 'user'. So I wrote this short service script which starts itself as 'user':

#!/bin/sh

#/etc/init.d/gameserver                                                                                                                     



case "$1" in

  -user)

    sleep 1

    case "$2" in

      start)

        echo "Starting server..."

        screen -dmS scr1 /home/user/game/run.sh

        echo "Server started"

        ;;

      stop) #definitely unfinished 

        echo "Stopping Server..."

        #screen -S scr1 say Server is going down for a halt now!

        #sleep 1

        #screen -S scr1 stop

        echo "Server stopped"

        ;;

      *)

        echo "Usage: /etc/init.d/gameserver {start|stop}"

        exit 1

        ;;

    esac

    ;;

  *)

    su - user  -c "bash -c  '/etc/init.d/gameserver -user $1'"

    ;;

esac



exit 0

and after sudo update-rc.d gameserver defaults the command sudo service gameserver start runs fine, but sadly the server isnt started on system startup.. I'm running Ubuntu 12.04 x64

edit: I've tried replacing su -c with setuid but still no change.

ubuntu bash service gnu-screen startup

share|improve this question

edited Nov 10 '14 at 10:42

y-spreen

asked Nov 9 '14 at 14:27

y-spreeny-spreen

1238

bumped to the homepage by Community♦ 11 mins ago

This question has answers that may be good or bad; the system has marked it active so that they can be reviewed.

add a comment | 

I'm running a gameserver and want to start it on a screen on system start, but screen is user specific, so I have to run the command as 'user'. So I wrote this short service script which starts itself as 'user':

#!/bin/sh

#/etc/init.d/gameserver                                                                                                                     



case "$1" in

  -user)

    sleep 1

    case "$2" in

      start)

        echo "Starting server..."

        screen -dmS scr1 /home/user/game/run.sh

        echo "Server started"

        ;;

      stop) #definitely unfinished 

        echo "Stopping Server..."

        #screen -S scr1 say Server is going down for a halt now!

        #sleep 1

        #screen -S scr1 stop

        echo "Server stopped"

        ;;

      *)

        echo "Usage: /etc/init.d/gameserver {start|stop}"

        exit 1

        ;;

    esac

    ;;

  *)

    su - user  -c "bash -c  '/etc/init.d/gameserver -user $1'"

    ;;

esac



exit 0

and after sudo update-rc.d gameserver defaults the command sudo service gameserver start runs fine, but sadly the server isnt started on system startup.. I'm running Ubuntu 12.04 x64

edit: I've tried replacing su -c with setuid but still no change.

ubuntu bash service gnu-screen startup

share|improve this question

edited Nov 10 '14 at 10:42

y-spreen

asked Nov 9 '14 at 14:27

y-spreeny-spreen

1238

#!/bin/sh

#/etc/init.d/gameserver                                                                                                                     



case "$1" in

  -user)

    sleep 1

    case "$2" in

      start)

        echo "Starting server..."

        screen -dmS scr1 /home/user/game/run.sh

        echo "Server started"

        ;;

      stop) #definitely unfinished 

        echo "Stopping Server..."

        #screen -S scr1 say Server is going down for a halt now!

        #sleep 1

        #screen -S scr1 stop

        echo "Server stopped"

        ;;

      *)

        echo "Usage: /etc/init.d/gameserver {start|stop}"

        exit 1

        ;;

    esac

    ;;

  *)

    su - user  -c "bash -c  '/etc/init.d/gameserver -user $1'"

    ;;

esac



exit 0

share|improve this question

edited Nov 10 '14 at 10:42

y-spreen

asked Nov 9 '14 at 14:27

y-spreeny-spreen

1238

share|improve this question

edited Nov 10 '14 at 10:42

y-spreen

asked Nov 9 '14 at 14:27

y-spreeny-spreen

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asked Nov 9 '14 at 14:27

y-spreeny-spreen

1238

asked Nov 9 '14 at 14:27

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You need to enable it to be started at boot time

update-rc.d gameserver enable

or if you are doing it manually; you need symlink in most probably (/etc/rc2.d) to /etc/init.d/gameserver

ln -s /etc/init.d/gameserver /etc/rc2.d/S99gameserver

and to stop it at shutdown and reboot these two

ln -s /etc/init.d/gameserver /etc/rc0.d/K99gameserver

ln -s /etc/init.d/gameserver /etc/rc6.d/K99gameserver

edit

explicitly set PATH in your init script; it is likely failing because it cant find where 'screen' 'bash' and 'su' you are trying to run there are

to set path do;

export PATH=/sbin:/bin:/usr/sbin:/usr/bin:/usr/local/bin:/usr/local/sbin

set this just after #!/bin/bash in your script

share|improve this answer

edited Nov 9 '14 at 15:32

answered Nov 9 '14 at 14:49

Hrvoje ŠpoljarHrvoje Špoljar

4,4901839

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  I forgot to mention the argument 'defaults' on the update-rc.d command, edited the post now. There are all these links already there, except its S/K20.. not S/K99..
  
  – y-spreen
  Nov 9 '14 at 14:58
  

  
  
  
  


• 
  
  
  

  
  

  
  
  
  
  
  

  
  
  is init script set as executable ? chmod 0755 /etc/init.d/gameserver ?
  
  – Hrvoje Špoljar
  Nov 9 '14 at 15:04
  

  
  
  
  


• 
  
  
  

  
  

  
  
  
  
  
  

  
  
  I ran a chmod +x on it. Also tried chmod 0755 as you suggested, but it didnt change anything
  
  – y-spreen
  Nov 9 '14 at 15:08
  

  
  
  
  


• 
  
  
  

  
  

  
  
  
  
  
  

  
  
  can you add something like touch /tmp/foo in your init script and check when computer boots if /tmp/foo exists; this will tell you if your init script ran at all... trying to narrow down
  
  – Hrvoje Špoljar
  Nov 9 '14 at 15:25
  

  
  
  
  


• 
  
  
  

  
  

  
  
  
  
  
  

  
  
  also; try set path; I think path is not set and screen can't be found when you run your script at boot time... whereas when you run it from shell it inherits PATH you currently have set
  
  – Hrvoje Špoljar
  Nov 9 '14 at 15:29
  

  
  
  
  

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You need to enable it to be started at boot time

update-rc.d gameserver enable

or if you are doing it manually; you need symlink in most probably (/etc/rc2.d) to /etc/init.d/gameserver

ln -s /etc/init.d/gameserver /etc/rc2.d/S99gameserver

and to stop it at shutdown and reboot these two

ln -s /etc/init.d/gameserver /etc/rc0.d/K99gameserver

ln -s /etc/init.d/gameserver /etc/rc6.d/K99gameserver

edit

explicitly set PATH in your init script; it is likely failing because it cant find where 'screen' 'bash' and 'su' you are trying to run there are

to set path do;

export PATH=/sbin:/bin:/usr/sbin:/usr/bin:/usr/local/bin:/usr/local/sbin

set this just after #!/bin/bash in your script

share|improve this answer

edited Nov 9 '14 at 15:32

answered Nov 9 '14 at 14:49

Hrvoje ŠpoljarHrvoje Špoljar

4,4901839

• 
  
  
  

  
  

  
  
  
  
  
  

  
  
  I forgot to mention the argument 'defaults' on the update-rc.d command, edited the post now. There are all these links already there, except its S/K20.. not S/K99..
  
  – y-spreen
  Nov 9 '14 at 14:58
  

  
  
  
  


• 
  
  
  

  
  

  
  
  
  
  
  

  
  
  is init script set as executable ? chmod 0755 /etc/init.d/gameserver ?
  
  – Hrvoje Špoljar
  Nov 9 '14 at 15:04
  

  
  
  
  


• 
  
  
  

  
  

  
  
  
  
  
  

  
  
  I ran a chmod +x on it. Also tried chmod 0755 as you suggested, but it didnt change anything
  
  – y-spreen
  Nov 9 '14 at 15:08
  

  
  
  
  


• 
  
  
  

  
  

  
  
  
  
  
  

  
  
  can you add something like touch /tmp/foo in your init script and check when computer boots if /tmp/foo exists; this will tell you if your init script ran at all... trying to narrow down
  
  – Hrvoje Špoljar
  Nov 9 '14 at 15:25
  

  
  
  
  


• 
  
  
  

  
  

  
  
  
  
  
  

  
  
  also; try set path; I think path is not set and screen can't be found when you run your script at boot time... whereas when you run it from shell it inherits PATH you currently have set
  
  – Hrvoje Špoljar
  Nov 9 '14 at 15:29
  

  
  
  
  

 | 
show 7 more comments

0

You need to enable it to be started at boot time

update-rc.d gameserver enable

or if you are doing it manually; you need symlink in most probably (/etc/rc2.d) to /etc/init.d/gameserver

ln -s /etc/init.d/gameserver /etc/rc2.d/S99gameserver

and to stop it at shutdown and reboot these two

ln -s /etc/init.d/gameserver /etc/rc0.d/K99gameserver

ln -s /etc/init.d/gameserver /etc/rc6.d/K99gameserver

edit

explicitly set PATH in your init script; it is likely failing because it cant find where 'screen' 'bash' and 'su' you are trying to run there are

to set path do;

export PATH=/sbin:/bin:/usr/sbin:/usr/bin:/usr/local/bin:/usr/local/sbin

set this just after #!/bin/bash in your script

share|improve this answer

edited Nov 9 '14 at 15:32

answered Nov 9 '14 at 14:49

Hrvoje ŠpoljarHrvoje Špoljar

4,4901839

• 
  
  
  

  
  

  
  
  
  
  
  

  
  
  I forgot to mention the argument 'defaults' on the update-rc.d command, edited the post now. There are all these links already there, except its S/K20.. not S/K99..
  
  – y-spreen
  Nov 9 '14 at 14:58
  

  
  
  
  


• 
  
  
  

  
  

  
  
  
  
  
  

  
  
  is init script set as executable ? chmod 0755 /etc/init.d/gameserver ?
  
  – Hrvoje Špoljar
  Nov 9 '14 at 15:04
  

  
  
  
  


• 
  
  
  

  
  

  
  
  
  
  
  

  
  
  I ran a chmod +x on it. Also tried chmod 0755 as you suggested, but it didnt change anything
  
  – y-spreen
  Nov 9 '14 at 15:08
  

  
  
  
  


• 
  
  
  

  
  

  
  
  
  
  
  

  
  
  can you add something like touch /tmp/foo in your init script and check when computer boots if /tmp/foo exists; this will tell you if your init script ran at all... trying to narrow down
  
  – Hrvoje Špoljar
  Nov 9 '14 at 15:25
  

  
  
  
  


• 
  
  
  

  
  

  
  
  
  
  
  

  
  
  also; try set path; I think path is not set and screen can't be found when you run your script at boot time... whereas when you run it from shell it inherits PATH you currently have set
  
  – Hrvoje Špoljar
  Nov 9 '14 at 15:29
  

  
  
  
  

 | 
show 7 more comments

You need to enable it to be started at boot time

update-rc.d gameserver enable

or if you are doing it manually; you need symlink in most probably (/etc/rc2.d) to /etc/init.d/gameserver

ln -s /etc/init.d/gameserver /etc/rc2.d/S99gameserver

and to stop it at shutdown and reboot these two

ln -s /etc/init.d/gameserver /etc/rc0.d/K99gameserver

ln -s /etc/init.d/gameserver /etc/rc6.d/K99gameserver

edit

explicitly set PATH in your init script; it is likely failing because it cant find where 'screen' 'bash' and 'su' you are trying to run there are

to set path do;

export PATH=/sbin:/bin:/usr/sbin:/usr/bin:/usr/local/bin:/usr/local/sbin

set this just after #!/bin/bash in your script

share|improve this answer

edited Nov 9 '14 at 15:32

answered Nov 9 '14 at 14:49

Hrvoje ŠpoljarHrvoje Špoljar

4,4901839

share|improve this answer

edited Nov 9 '14 at 15:32

answered Nov 9 '14 at 14:49

Hrvoje ŠpoljarHrvoje Špoljar

4,4901839

answered Nov 9 '14 at 14:49

Hrvoje ŠpoljarHrvoje Špoljar

4,4901839

answered Nov 9 '14 at 14:49

Hrvoje ŠpoljarHrvoje Špoljar

4,4901839