Re: jabberd start-stop-daemon

["Jamin W. Collins" <jcollins@asgardsrealm.net>]

On Wed, Mar 19, 2003 at 01:04:09PM +1100, Peter Lavender wrote:

> I installed jabberd from .deb.  However jabber won't start from the
> start stop script /etc/init.d/jabber

Which version of the package?
 
> I can however start jabber from the commandline as root.  Since I
> could do this I thought it might have been a permission problem.

You are trying to run the init script as root, right?

> At this point I still don't have jabber starting and I'm not sure
> where to look now.  Any help appreciated.

Change the first line of the init script from:
   #! /bin/sh
to
   #! /bin/sh -x

This should cause all commands to be displayed prior to execution.
After this change, try the init script again.  How far does it get?

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Jamin W. Collins