A long time ago, in a galaxy far, far way, someone said...
> I recently installed openssh onto a debian box and the documentation
> says that it is normally run from /etc/rc, it seems that /etc/rc5.d is the
> comparable place in Debian to run it from. However, I created the sym link
> to the sshd file located elsewhere in the /etc/rc5.d directory. I cannot get
> sshd to start, I end up having to do it from the command line. Below is what
> the sym link looks like.
>
> lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 32 Nov 22 09:48 S99sshd ->
> /usr/local/openssh-1.2pre13/sshd
>
> Also, I can run the sym link as root manually and it starts up okay.
You have the right idea, but you seem to be getting the *BSD way confused
with the Linux way - Linux has the concept of runlevels, while *BSD
doesn't, among other things.
One of the reason's why you can't seem to get it to start at boot time is
that you're probably using the wrong rc?.d directory - the default
runlevel for Debian is 2, rather than 5 (ie should have used
/etc/rc2.d).
Also, symlinking sshd to /etc/rc5.d/S99sshd isn't quite the right thing to
do - it would be best if you make a shell wrapper in /etc/init.d (I've
included the one I use so that you have a starting point).
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Phil Brutsche [EMAIL PROTECTED]
"There are two things that are infinite; Human stupidity and the
universe. And I'm not sure about the universe." - Albert Einstein
#! /bin/sh
#
# skeleton example file to build /etc/init.d/ scripts.
# This file should be used to construct scripts for /etc/init.d.
#
# Written by Miquel van Smoorenburg <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>.
# Modified for Debian GNU/Linux
# by Ian Murdock <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>.
#
# Version: @(#)skeleton 1.8 03-Mar-1998 [EMAIL PROTECTED]
#
PATH=/usr/local/sbin:/usr/local/bin:/sbin:/bin:/usr/sbin:/usr/bin
DAEMON=/usr/local/sbin/sshd
NAME=ssh
DESC="Secure Shell"
test -f $DAEMON || exit 0
set -e
case "$1" in
start)
echo -n "Starting $DESC: "
start-stop-daemon --start --quiet --pidfile /var/run/$NAME.pid \
--exec $DAEMON
echo "$NAME."
;;
stop)
echo -n "Stopping $DESC: "
# start-stop-daemon --stop --quiet --pidfile /var/run/$NAME.pid \
# --exec $DAEMON
kill -9 `cat /var/run/sshd2_22.pid`
echo "$NAME."
;;
#reload)
#
# If the daemon can reload its config files on the fly
# for example by sending it SIGHUP, do it here.
#
# If the daemon responds to changes in its config file
# directly anyway, make this a do-nothing entry.
#
# echo "Reloading $DESC configuration files."
# start-stop-daemon --stop --signal 1 --quiet --pidfile \
# /var/run/$NAME.pid --exec $DAEMON
#;;
restart|force-reload)
#
# If the "reload" option is implemented, move the "force-reload"
# option to the "reload" entry above. If not, "force-reload" is
# just the same as "restart".
#
echo -n "Restarting $DESC: "
start-stop-daemon --stop --quiet --pidfile \
/var/run/$NAME.pid --exec $DAEMON
sleep 1
start-stop-daemon --start --quiet --pidfile \
/var/run/$NAME.pid --exec $DAEMON
echo "$NAME."
;;
*)
N=/etc/init.d/$NAME
# echo "Usage: $N {start|stop|restart|reload|force-reload}" >&2
echo "Usage: $N {start|stop|restart|force-reload}" >&2
exit 1
;;
esac
exit 0
