On Fri, 2004-10-15 at 08:52, Edwin Dicker wrote: > Hi Guys, > > I'm installing and trying to run a script which analyses iptablelogs. ( someone posted this link this week : www.gege.org/iptables ) > I've come to the point where I should be able to start the iptablelog script which contains the following command : > > case $1 in > start) > echo -n "Starting $LONGNAME: "; > start-stop-daemon --start --quiet --pidfile /var/run/$NAME.pid --exec $DAE > MON -- --background > echo $NAME; > ;; > > The script errors with complaining it cant find start-stop-daemon. > I have been looking around but I 'm not able to find it, except for a source C file in /usr/share/doc/SysVinit-2.85/start-stop-daemon.c. it comes out of the SysVinit-2.85 package. > > I'm trying to compile this file with gcc -o start-stop-daemon start-stop-daemon.c , again with many errors. > This is not a C program code file. Did you read the file INSTALL and related files in the iptables directory created when you extracted the tarball? The referenced iptables/doc/faq.html gives very clear installation instructions, and I did not find anywhere it said to run make. Don't compile, just follow the configure/install instructions. > Should there be a start-stop-daemon file somewhere on the system ?? In which Package ? > I believe that such a file exists on Debian. But what about FC2 ? > > TIA > Edwin
