Bowie Bailey wrote: >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? > >Any suggestions would be appreciated. > > > 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 .... 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 .... -- William A. Mahaffey III --------------------------------------------------------------------- Remember, ignorance is bliss, but willful ignorance is LIBERALISM !!!!