Re: [PLUG] debugging an init script

[Carl Johnson <cjohnson19791979@gmail.com>]

I'll try that. They're not going with upstart until v7 from what I've read.

Andrew Libby <alibby@xforty.com> wrote:
>
>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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