su - user -c startup.sh start IS the "normal" way...at least, I've never seen it any other way. What is "daemon"? Is that something your Linux distro has?
John > -----Original Message----- > From: Christian Schlaefcke [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Sent: Wednesday, January 15, 2003 6:40 AM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: Tomcat 4.1.18 - Startup script for linux not working > > > Hi there, > > I have a problem with the startup of tomcat since I upgraded > Tomcat 4.1.17 > to 4.1.18. I just downloaded the tar.gz file and extracted it into > /var/tomcat4. > Since that the startup script ("/etc/init.d/tomcat4" with > "start") says > "[OK]", but the server won´t come up. After some research I > found that a > single line in this script is not working any more. > > [...] > # See how we were called. > start() { > echo -n "Starting $TOMCAT_PROG: " > > if [ -x /etc/rc.d/init.d/functions ]; then > ####################################################### > # This line is called, but it won´t start the server > ####################################################### > daemon --user $TOMCAT_USER $TOMCAT_SCRIPT start > else > su - $TOMCAT_USER -c "$TOMCAT_SCRIPT start" > fi > > RETVAL=$? > echo > [ $RETVAL = 0 ] && touch /var/lock/subsys/tomcat4 > return $RETVAL > } > [...] > > When I replace the line: "daemon --user $TOMCAT_USER > $TOMCAT_SCRIPT start" > by "su - $TOMCAT_USER -c "$TOMCAT_SCRIPT start"" the server > comes up. Why > is the "normal" way not working? > > Thank you for any hints! > > Regards, > > Chris > > > -- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: > <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > For additional commands, e-mail: > <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> For additional commands, e-mail: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
