Service doesn't support chkconfig

Question

Good day,programmers. I have a problem. Please help. I am creating a service, which must load automatically when Linux is being loaded. So,I copied the script into the directory /etc/rc.d/init.d or /etc/init.d/. But when I am preforming the command

chkconfig --add listOfProcesses 

an error occurs:

service  listOfProcesses doesn't support chkconfig 

Here is the content of the script. I have found the first version in the Google and have used it as a pattern.

#!/bin/bash # listOfProcesses   Start the process which will show the list of processes # chkconfig: 345 110 02 # description: This process shows current time and the list of processes # processname: listOfProcesses ### BEGIN INIT INFO # Provides: # Required-Start: # Required-Stop: # Default-Start: 3 4 5 # Default-Stop: 0 1 2 6 # Short-Description: shows current time and the list of processes # Description: This process shows current time and the list of processes ### END INIT INFO # Source function library. KIND="listOfProcesses"     start() {             echo -n $"Starting $KIND services: "             daemon /home/myscript             echo     }         stop() {             echo -n $"Shutting down $KIND services: "             killproc /home/myscript             echo     }         restart() {                 echo -n $"Restarting $KIND services: "                       killproc /home/myscript                daemon /home/myscript                echo     }         case "$1" in       start)               start             ;;       stop)               stop             ;;       restart)               restart             ;;       *)             echo $"Usage: $0 {start|stop|restart}"             exit 1     esac     exit $?  exit 0; 

The second version was made from the cron script. I found the cron script,copied it, and changed it, so I used it as the pattern.

#!/bin/sh # # crond          Start/Stop the cron clock daemon. # # chkconfig: 2345 90 60 # description: cron is a standard UNIX program that runs user-specified \ #              programs at periodic scheduled times. vixie cron adds a \ #              number of features to the basic UNIX cron, including better \ #              security and more powerful configuration options.  ### BEGIN INIT INFO # Provides: crond crontab # Required-Start: $local_fs $syslog # Required-Stop: $local_fs $syslog # Default-Start:  2345 # Default-Stop: 90 # Short-Description: run cron daemon # Description: cron is a standard UNIX program that runs user-specified  #              programs at periodic scheduled times. vixie cron adds a  #              number of features to the basic UNIX cron, including better  #              security and more powerful configuration options. ### END INIT INFO  rights=whoami; root=root; [ -f "$rights"=="$root" ] || {  echo "this programme requires root rights"; exit 1; }  # Source function library. . /etc/rc.d/init.d/functions  start() {   echo -n $"Starting $KIND services: ";   daemon showListOfProcesses; }  stop() {  echo -n $"Shutting down $KIND services: ";  killproc showListOfProcesses; }  restart() { stop start }  reload() {     restart; }  force_reload() {     # new configuration takes effect after restart     restart }  case "$1" in start)     start     ;; stop)     stop     ;; restart)      restart     ;; reload)     reload     ;; force-reload)     force_reload     ;; *)     echo $"Usage: $0 {start|stop|restart|reload|force-reload}"     exit 2 esac exit $?  # Show the list of processes function showListOfProcesses {   top > /dev/tty2; } 

But the situation hadn't changed. What is the problem? What is wrong in the script?

Answer 1

Look at all the scripts that chkconfig can turn on or off in /etc/rc.d/init.d, you'll notice that the top few comments are very important. See How-To manage services with chkconfig and service

#!/bin/sh # # crond          Start/Stop the cron clock daemon. # # chkconfig: 2345 90 60 # description: cron is a standard UNIX program that runs user-specified \ #              programs at periodic scheduled times. vixie cron adds a \ #              number of features to the basic UNIX cron, including better \ #              security and more powerful configuration options. 

You have a script called listofprocesses but to chkconfig this script looks like crond due to the 3rd line and thus it does not find any script called listofprocesses

You'll also most certainly want to change chkconfig: 2345 90 60. Which says which run levels it should be on (in this case 2, 3, 4 and 5), what it's start order is (90) and what its kill order is (60).

You can check the service is correctly set up with chkconfig --list listofprocesses.

Answer 2

Just add the following line at the top: # chkconfig: - 99 10
it should do the trick