rc startup script - daemon: failed to set user environment

[Frank Shute]

On Wed, Nov 03, 2010 at 08:55:45AM +0200, Valentin Bud wrote:
>
> Hello community,
> 
>  I am trying to build a startup script for an application built from source
> code. The application name is SOGo (sogo.nu).
> 
> I will attach the rc  script and the error I receive when I run it.
> 
> #!/bin/sh
> #
> #
> # PROVIDE: sogod
> # REQUIRE: memcached
> #
> # Add the following lines to /etc/rc.conf to enable sogod:
> #
> # sogod_enable (bool):          Set it to "YES" to enable sogod.
> #                               Default is "NO"
> #
> #
> 
> . /etc/rc.subr
> 
> name="sogod"
> rcvar=`set_rcvar`
> 
> load_rc_config ${name}
> 
> : ${sogod_enable="NO"}
> : ${sogod_user="sogo"}
> : ${sogod_workers="-WOWorkersCount 1"}
> : ${sogod_command="/usr/local/GNUstep/Local/Tools/Admin/sogod"}
> : ${sogod_logfile="/var/log/sogo/sogo.log"}
> 
> pidfile="/var/run/sogo/sogo.pid"
> command="/usr/sbin/daemon"
> command_args="-f -p ${pidfile} -u ${sogod_user} ${sogod_command}
> ${sogod_workers} -WOPidFile ${pidfile} -WOLogFile ${sogod_logfile}"
> 
> start_precmd="${name}_prestart"
> 
> sogod_prestart() {
>         if [ ! -d `dirname ${pidfile}` ]; then
>                 mkdir `dirname ${pidfile}` >/dev/null 2>&1 && chown
> ${sogod_user} `dirname ${pidfile}`
>         fi
>         if [ ! -d `dirname ${sogod_logfile}` ]; then
>                 mkdir `dirname ${sogod_logfile}` >/dev/null 2>&1
>                 touch ${sogod_logfile} && chown ${sogod_user}
> ${sogod_logfile}
>         fi
>         if [ -z ${GNUSTEP_SYSTEM_ROOT} ]; then
>                 . /usr/local/GNUstep/System/Library/Makefiles/GNUstep.sh
>         fi
> }
> 
> run_rc_command "$1"
> 
>  The sogo daemon requires memcached running to start and the
> file ${sogod_logfile}
> to be readable by ${sogod_user}. I also requires the
> directory /var/run/sogo/ to be read/write
> by ${sogod_user} so it can write the PID file. The GNUstep.sh makefile must
> be loaded
> so it can run properly.
> 
>  The other command_args are the startup arguments sogod takes.
> 
> memcached is already started:
> sogo# sockstat | grep memcached
> nobody   memcached  71167 16 tcp4   172.31.32.6:11211     *:*
> nobody   memcached  71167 17 udp4   172.31.32.6:11211     *:*
> 
> sogod is enabled is /etc/rc.conf
> # /usr/local/etc/rc.d/sogod rcvar
> # sogod
> #
> sogod_enable="YES"
> #   (default: "")
> 
> This is the error I receive when I try to start sogod
> sogo# /usr/local/etc/rc.d/sogod start
> Starting sogod.
> daemon: failed to set user environment
> /usr/local/etc/rc.d/sogod: WARNING: failed to start sogod
> 
>  This is the first rc script I write. What can I do to debug the problem
> further?
> 
> Thank you and have a great day,
> v
> -- 
> network warrior

Starting with the obvious, did you create a sogo userID with adduser(8)?
You want to give it nologin as a shell. It will also want a group.


Regards,

-- 

 Frank

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