[smf-discuss] How to make a service go into maintenance.

[David Bustos]

Quoth Brian Utterback on Tue, May 01, 2007 at 12:26:03PM -0400:
> Okay, I tried that, and smf never kills the process nor even puts it
> into maintenance status. Here is the code I have:
> 
>                /* enter the maintenance mode */
>                if ((fmri = getenv("SMF_FMRI")) != NULL) {
>                        if (0 > smf_maintain_instance(fmri,    
>                               SMF_TEMPORARY|SMF_IMMEDIATE)) {
>                                       
> printf("smf_maintain_instance:%s\n",scf_error());
>                                exit(1);
>                        }
>                        /* sleep until SMF kills us */
>                        while (1) {
>                                pause();
>                        }
>                }

Don't use _IMMEDIATE.  What does "svcs -l" report while you're sleeping?
What does your /var/svc/log file say?


David