This is a Regularly Asked Question, if not Frequently, and has to do with file descriptors not being handled properly somewhere in the init script. Try appending "</dev/null" to your shellcommand.
-Ed On Fri, 2005-03-18 at 02:05, greg wrote: > Hello there, > > I have a startup script that I'd like to run whith shellcommands. This script > uses nohup to run the > binary file: > > #!/bin/shell > [...] > su - ${user} -c "nohup /opt/foo/bin/bar &" > exit 0 > > In my cfagent.cfg file: > > shellcommands: > > "/my/init/script start" > > > The problem is: when I run cfagent, it "waits" for /opt/foo/bin/bar. I have > to stop /opt/foo/bin/bar > to make cfagent end properly. Otherwise, I have to Ctrl-c it. > I already tried "background=true", "useshell=false", the result is the same. > When I try "timeout=X", cfagent ends properly, but /opt/foo/bin/bar doesn't > run. > > I don't understand what's wrong with my script, or my conf ? Thanks a lot for > your help ! > > greg > > -- > http://www.livretdulibre.org/html-ed2/livret_libre.html > > > > _______________________________________________ > Help-cfengine mailing list > Help-cfengine@gnu.org > http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/help-cfengine _______________________________________________ Help-cfengine mailing list Help-cfengine@gnu.org http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/help-cfengine