rc script won't start daemon on reboot

[Oliver Eikemeier]

Schmehl, Paul L wrote:

>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: Oliver Eikemeier [mailto:eikemeier at fillmore-labs.com]
>> Sent: Thursday, July 22, 2004 4:00 AM
>> To: Schmehl, Paul L
>> Cc: freebsd-rc at freebsd.org
>> Subject: Re: rc script won't start daemon on reboot
>>>
>>> bash-2.05b# ls -lsa /usr/local/bin/extractor 0 lrwxr-xr-x  1 root
>>> wheel  34 Jul 12 15:34 /usr/local/bin/extractor ->
>>> /usr/local/extractor/bin/extractor
>>
>> This violates hier(7), but should not be the cause of any of
>> your current problems. Perhaps Extractor depends on PATH or
>> other environment variables that are not set during startup.
>> Of course you can replace the symlink with a small shell
>> script dumping the environment and wrapping the call to
>> extractor with truss (or ktrace), but I would try debugging
>> options to extractor first, or contact Symantec support. Btw,
>> when extractor supports SIGHUP you can set `extra_commands="reload"'
>>
> Thanks for the tip.  I assumed that extra_commands goes in the script,
> not in rc.conf, right?

Jup, is is documented in rc.subr(8), although not easy to find.

> I rm'd the symlink and cp'd the actual binary, but that didn't change
> anything.  For  now, I think I'll just let it go.  The cron job ensures
> that the binary will start within 15 minutes of a reboot, and that's
> good enough for me.  Maybe when I have more time in the future, I'll
> revisit it and try to figure out what the heck is going on.  Your idea
> of the wrapper script is a good one.

My first guess would be the environment, like PATH. Anyway, Symantec 
should care. Have you tried to contact them?

Ah, and since you are concerned about security, have you tried 
portaudit? (Shameless hijack of this thread, please follow-up to 
freebsd-security@)
-Oliver