On Thu, 2005-01-27 at 07:19 -0500, Christopher K. Johnson wrote: > Craig White wrote: > > >my problem is that my sysv script (called relay) hangs at the point > >where it wants to initlog -q -c /usr/local/sbin/relaydelay.pl and > >this obviously comes from the code in /etc/rc.d/init.d/functions. If I > >kill the neverending process...everything is fine and the program is > >launched BUT - it never detaches from the terminal. i.e. > > > > > In the start stanza try changing the daemon line so the program > ultimately run by initlog will be backgrounded: > > daemon $prog & ---- outputs... Config file & does not exist at /usr/local/sbin/relaydelay.pl line 933. [FAILED] I guess I am asking if someone can help guide me through the 'initscripts' methodology - most specifically, I'm getting caught by the routine that automatically runs the initlog -q command from within /etc/rc.d/init.d/functions Craig