Does the service work if you start it from the pfSense gui or on reboot? Just wondering.
On Fri, Oct 20, 2017 at 4:00 PM, Arthur Wiebe <[email protected]> wrote: > I'm observing a behavior in pfSense that I'm trying to understand and not > having much luck. I'm going to use the Avahi package as an example. > > Essentially, I've installed and configured the package pfSense-pkg-Avahi > from the Package Manager web UI, and configured it as well. > If I run `ps ax | grep avahi` over a shell it shows the "avahi-daemon" > process running so it's all good at this point. > > But let's say for whatever reason whether as a developer trying to test a > package I'm working on or I just want to install a package from the shell, > I run: > /usr/local/sbin/pfSense-upgrade -f -i pfSense-pkg-Avahi > or simply (for same result): > pkg install pfSense-pkg-Avahi > > It installs/reinstalls/upgrades fine but the avahi-daemon process starts > and then is killed right before the script ends and I get back to the shell > prompt. > > If I re-install the package from the Package Manager UI it seems to run > that exact same command as I ran from the shell yet the avahi-daemon > process remains running without an issue. > > Just to do another test I use the "Execute PHP Commands" tool > under /diag_command.php and ran the following single line: > mwexec_bg("/usr/local/sbin/pfSense-upgrade -f -i pfSense-pkg-Avahi"); > > And I have the same result as running it from a shell. > > -- > Arthur Wiebe | +1 519-670-5255 > _______________________________________________ > pfSense mailing list > https://lists.pfsense.org/mailman/listinfo/list > Support the project with Gold! https://pfsense.org/gold _______________________________________________ pfSense mailing list https://lists.pfsense.org/mailman/listinfo/list Support the project with Gold! https://pfsense.org/gold
