Re: [PLUG] debugging an init script

[Andrew Libby <alibby@xforty.com>]

Hi Carl,

You can probably do something like

/bin/bash -x /etc/init.d/servicescriptname {start|stop}

This is provided it's still using garden variety
init.  Does RedHat/ CentOS still use that?

Andy

On 1/15/14 11:46 AM, Carl Johnson wrote:
> Can someone in PLUG can help me out? My google-fu isn't that
> strong today.
> 
> I've a Centos 6.5 box that has a service that won't start.
> Every time I run "service <script name> start" I get a red
> "[FAILED] message.
> 
> Does anyone have any idea how I can log/watch/debug this
> script to see why/where it's failing as it runs? Can I
> redirect the sub-shell output to a logfile somehow? Is there
> a way to make it send all output to stdout?
> 
> All I know right now is that it's failing. The script
> doesn't have the logic in it to tell me "xyz.conf is
> missing....... [FAILED] or that it's failing because it
> can't write a PID to /var/run" or something like that.
> 
> 
> 
> 
> 
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