[CentOS] Shutdown script not being run

[William A. Mahaffey III]

Bowie Bailey wrote:

>William A. Mahaffey III <mailto:wam at HiWAAY.net> wrote:
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>>Bowie Bailey wrote:
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>>>I've got an odd problem.  My server will not shutdown normally
>>>because the AoE driver is not being shut down properly.  While
>>>investigating the problem, I found that the aoe script is
>>>apparently not being called for shutdown.  I have been able to
>>>duplicate this with a brand new test script. 
>>>
>>>My test script is just a simple file that echos back the start or
>>>stop command: 
>>>
>>>   #!/bin/bash
>>>   #
>>>   # chkconfig: 45 01 99
>>>   # description: Test Start and stop script
>>>   #
>>>
>>>   echo "Called with $1"
>>>
>>>I installed it with 'chkconfig --add mytest'.
>>>
>>>The softlinks exist in the runlevel directories:
>>>   /etc/rc.d/init.d/mytest
>>>   /etc/rc.d/rc0.d/K99mytest
>>>   /etc/rc.d/rc1.d/K99mytest
>>>   /etc/rc.d/rc2.d/K99mytest
>>>   /etc/rc.d/rc3.d/K99mytest
>>>   /etc/rc.d/rc4.d/S01mytest
>>>   /etc/rc.d/rc5.d/S01mytest
>>>   /etc/rc.d/rc6.d/K99mytest
>>>
>>>When I 'telinit 4', I can see the script output in
>>>/var/log/messages: 
>>>
>>>   Dec 19 11:46:49 bnofdn1 mytest: Called with start
>>>   Dec 19 11:46:49 bnofdn1 rc: Starting mytest:  succeeded
>>>
>>>When I 'telinit 3', there is no output from this script.  It is
>>>like the script is not even being called.
>>>
>>>Am I doing something stupid here?  When I do 'telinit 3' from a
>>>higher runlevel, isn't it supposed to run all of the 'K*' scripts
>>>in rc3.d with a 'stop' argument? 
>>>      
>>>
>>Well, as I look at your links, I see none to start your script at
>>runlevel 3, i.e. no S01myTest under rc3.d .... maybe I'm missing
>>something ....
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>It's not supposed to start in runlevel 3.  It's only supposed to run in
>levels 4 and 5.
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>>The init process only runs K* under runlevel 4 (rc4.d) when exiting
>>runlevel 4, then runs all of the S* stuff under the new runlevel.
>>$0.02, no more, no less ....
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>That's not what the rc script appears to be doing.  It simply checks the
>current runlevel and then runs all the scripts in that directory (kill
>scripts first, and then start scripts).
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You originally asked why you were seeing no output from your test script 
when you did a 'telinit 3', I gave you a reason (links to activate the 
script not present in rc3.d) :-).

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