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<DIV dir=ltr align=left><SPAN class=956540213-05062009><FONT face=Arial
color=#0000ff size=2>Find something simple (like the syslog startup script) and
hack it into a xymon startup script. For the start command, "su - hobbit
-c <wherever>runclient.sh".</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV dir=ltr align=left><SPAN class=956540213-05062009><FONT face=Arial
color=#0000ff size=2></FONT></SPAN> </DIV>
<DIV dir=ltr align=left><SPAN class=956540213-05062009><FONT face=Arial
color=#0000ff size=2>Here is an example that I use:</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
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color=#0000ff size=2></FONT></SPAN> </DIV>
<DIV dir=ltr align=left><SPAN class=956540213-05062009><FONT face=Arial
color=#0000ff size=2>#!/sbin/sh<BR>#<BR>#
Greg Hubbard, EDS, January 2006<BR>#<BR>#
Made from Solaris syslog startup script</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV> </DIV>
<DIV dir=ltr align=left><SPAN class=956540213-05062009><FONT face=Arial
color=#0000ff size=2>BBHOME=/app/hobbit/client; export BBHOME<BR>BBUSER=xymon;
export BBUSER<BR>HOST="`uname -n`.domain.com"</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV dir=ltr align=left><SPAN class=956540213-05062009><FONT face=Arial
color=#0000ff size=2>case "$1"
in<BR>'start')<BR> if [ -f
$BBHOME/runclient.sh ];
then<BR>
echo 'Hobbit client
starting.'<BR>
#<BR>
su - $BBUSER -c "cd $BBHOME; ./runclient.sh --hostname=$HOST
start"<BR>
fi<BR> ;;</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV dir=ltr align=left><SPAN class=956540213-05062009><FONT face=Arial
color=#0000ff size=2>'stop')<BR> if [
-f $BBHOME/runclient.sh ]; then</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV dir=ltr align=left><SPAN class=956540213-05062009><FONT face=Arial
color=#0000ff
size=2>
su - $BBUSER -c "cd $BBHOME; ./runclient.sh
stop"<BR>
fi<BR> ;;</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV dir=ltr align=left><SPAN class=956540213-05062009><FONT face=Arial
color=#0000ff size=2>*)<BR> echo
"Usage: $0 { start | stop }"<BR> exit
1<BR>
;;<BR>esac<BR></FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=956540213-05062009><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2>This
is for a client. The server startup is similar, except it runs the server
startup script. This is not the most clever or elaborate of scripts, but
it does work for me.</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2></FONT><BR> </DIV>
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<FONT face=Tahoma size=2><B>From:</B> David Peters [mailto:davidp@electronf.com]
<BR><B>Sent:</B> Friday, June 05, 2009 5:09 AM<BR><B>To:</B>
hobbit@hswn.dk<BR><B>Subject:</B> [hobbit] Hobbit startup
script.<BR></FONT><BR></DIV>
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<P class=MsoNormal><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">Hi,<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"><o:p> </o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">I understand that hobbit needs to
run as the hobbit user, but it is a bit annoying to have the hobbit startup
script require the hobbit user to run it.<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"><o:p> </o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">When I want to run it automagically
out of /etc/init.d I have to change the script to not check for hobbit and then
do an su to the hobbit user thus:<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"><o:p> </o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">su -c
"/home/xymon/server/bin/hobbitlaunch
--config=/home/xymon/server/etc/hobbitlaunch.cfg
--env=/home/xymon/server/etc/hob<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">bitserver.cfg
--log=/var/log/xymon/hobbitlaunch.log
--pidfile=/var/log/xymon/hobbitlaunch.pid"<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"><o:p> </o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">why is it done this way rather than
as above, thus allowing the server to start out of
init.d?<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P></DIV></BODY></HTML>