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[Olivier Salaun - CRU <address@concealed>]

Hi Saman,

Comment on the script : the use_db() test is not required since recent 
versions of Sympa require a database.
Maybe we should try merging this script with the one that is distributed 
with Sympa...

address@concealed wrote:

> I'm no expert, however by modifying the original script that comes with the 
> debian package, I got this to work. Note that you may need to change the 
> first few varuables if you are not using the default configuration.
>
> The script should be place in /etc/init.d/ and the whole /home/sympa needs to be owned 
> by the user sympa is running as. So, for default configuration first do: "chown -R 
> sympa:sympa /home/sympa".
>
> You might want to put the script in "Shared Web". Any 
> improvements/corrections is welcome.
>
> NOTE: This is for Debian. If I had time, I'll create a similar one for SuSE.
>
> Script:
> -=-=-=-
> #! /bin/sh
>
> PATH=/bin:/usr/bin:/sbin:/usr/sbin
>
> DAEMON=/home/sympa/bin/sympa.pl
> PIDFILE=/home/sympa/sympa.pid
>
> ARCHIVED_DAEMON=/home/sympa/bin/archived.pl
> ARCHIVED_PIDFILE=/home/sympa/archived.pid
>
> BOUNCED_DAEMON=/home/sympa/bin/bounced.pl
> BOUNCED_PIDFILE=/home/sympa/bounced.pid
>
> TASK_MANAGER_DAEMON=/home/sympa/bin/task_manager.pl
> TASK_MANAGER_PIDFILE=/home/sympa/task_manager.pid
>
> OWNER="sympa:sympa"
>
> use_db()
> {
>    conf=/etc/sympa.conf
>
>    grep -q "^[[:space:]]*db_name" $conf &&\
>         grep -q "^[[:space:]]*db_type" $conf &&\
>         return 0
>
>    return 1
> }
>
> test -f $DAEMON || exit 0
> test -f $ARCHIVED_DAEMON || exit 0
> test -f $BOUNCED_DAEMON || exit 0
> test -f $TASK_MANAGER_DAEMON || exit 0
>
> case "$1" in
>  start)
>    echo -n "Starting mailing list manager:"
>    echo -n " sympa"
>    start-stop-daemon --start --quiet --pidfile $PIDFILE \
>         --chuid $OWNER --exec $DAEMON
>    start-stop-daemon --start --quiet --pidfile $ARCHIVED_PIDFILE \
>         --chuid $OWNER --exec $ARCHIVED_DAEMON
>    start-stop-daemon --start --quiet --pidfile $TASK_MANAGER_PIDFILE \
>         --chuid $OWNER --exec $TASK_MANAGER_DAEMON
>    
>    if use_db ; then
>         start-stop-daemon --start --quiet --pidfile $BOUNCED_PIDFILE \
>             --chuid $OWNER --exec $BOUNCED_DAEMON
>    fi
>
>    echo "."
>    ;;
>  stop)
>    echo -n "Stopping mailing list manager:"
>    echo -n " sympa"
>
>    if use_db ; then
>         start-stop-daemon --stop --quiet --pidfile $BOUNCED_PIDFILE
>    fi
>
>    start-stop-daemon --stop --quiet --pidfile $TASK_MANAGER_PIDFILE
>    start-stop-daemon --stop --quiet --pidfile $ARCHIVED_PIDFILE
>    start-stop-daemon --stop --quiet --pidfile $PIDFILE
>    echo "."
>    ;;
>  restart|force-reload|reload)
>    $0 stop
>    sleep 3
>    $0 start
>    ;;
>  *)
>    echo "Usage: /etc/init.d/sympa {start|stop|restart|reload|force-reload}"
>    exit 1
>    ;;
> esac
>
> exit 0
>  


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Olivier Salaün
Comité Réseau des Universités
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