My startup script and configuration.
I make it.
On Sat, 20 Mar 2010 06:01:19 -0400, Daniel J Walsh <dwalsh@xxxxxxxxxx>
wrote:
> On 03/19/2010 08:53 PM, Jonathan Ryshpan wrote:
>> On Fri, 2010-03-19 at 14:39 -0700, Craig White wrote:
>>
>>> On Fri, 2010-03-19 at 14:08 -0700, Jonathan Ryshpan wrote:
>>>
>>>> On Fri, 2010-03-19 at 15:02 -0500, Steven Stern wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> On 03/19/2010 02:52 PM, Jonathan Ryshpan wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>> I have a little script to start fetchmail, which is activated in
>>>>>> rc.local. It runs perfectly when started from a root login; but it
>>>>>> fails when started from rc.local.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Here is the info:
>>>>>> =========================== Scripts Start
===========================
>>>>>> $ more rc.local fetchmail-start
>>>>>> ::::::::::::::
>>>>>> rc.local
>>>>>> ::::::::::::::
>>>>>> #!/bin/sh
>>>>>> #
>>>>>> # This script will be executed *after* all the other init
>>>>>> scripts.
>>>>>> # You can put your own initialization stuff in here if you
>>>>>> don't
>>>>>> # want to do the full Sys V style init stuff.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> # Fork a script that will start fetchmail for jonrysh in a
>>>>>> few seconds
>>>>>> /etc/rc.d/fetchmail-start
>>>>>>
>>>>>> touch /var/lock/subsys/local
>>>>>> ::::::::::::::
>>>>>> fetchmail-start
>>>>>> ::::::::::::::
>>>>>> #!/bin/sh
>>>>>> #
>>>>>> # Start fetchmail for jonrysh
>>>>>>
>>>>>> su jonrysh -c 'sleep 5; fetchmail'
>>>>>>
>>>>>> =========================== Messages Start
>>>>>> ===========================
>>>>>> Fetchmail emits the following error message and fails:
>>>>>> fetchmail: open: /home/jonrysh/.fetchmailrc: Permission
>>>>>> denied
>>>>>>
>>>>>> What's happening? How can it be fixed?
>>>>>>
>>>>
>>>>> The perms on /home/jonrysh/.fetchmailrc need to be 600, with
ownership
>>>>> given to jonrysh:jonrysh
>>>>>
>>>> Everything is as you recommend. Note that the scheme works when
>>>> invoked
>>>> from a command window running a shell as root, but not from the init
>>>> script.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>> You could also start it without the su by adding it to your own
>>>>> crontab:
>>>>> @reboot sleep 30& fetchmail
>>>>>
>>>> Thanks, I'll try this. But I'd still like to know what's the reason
>>>> for
>>>> the permission failure when running out of rc.local . SELinux
issues?
>>>>
>>>>
>>> ----
>>> this works for me (in rc.local)...
>>>
>>> /bin/su - craig -c '/usr/bin/fetchmail'&
>>>
>> I tried it, and now things are worse than before. The startup script
>> now reads:
>> #!/bin/sh
>> #
>> # Start fetchmail for jonrysh
>>
>> su - jonrysh -c 'sleep 5; fetchmail'
>>
>> Now there's an additional error in boot.log:
>> ...
>> Starting atd: [
>> OK ]
>> Error opening display!
>> fetchmail: open: /home/jonrysh/.fetchmailrc: Permission denied
>>
>> The display did actually start OK after a short delay. It's a mystery
>> to me.
>>
>> Thanks to all - jon
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
> Check to see if there are SELinux AVC messages in
/var/log/audit/audit.log
>
> # grep fetchmail /var/log/audit/audit.log
>
> Also instead of using su, use runuser (Same thing except runuser does
> not use the pam stack.)
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#!/bin/sh
#
# chkconfig: 235 91 10
# description: Starts and stops the fetchmail daemon used to retrieve mail \
# via various protocols (such as POP3 and IMAP4).
#
# config: /etc/fetchmailrc
#
### BEGIN INIT INFO
# Provides: fetchmail
# Required-Start: $network
# Required-Stop: $network
# Default-Start: 3 4 5
# Short-Description: The fetchmail mail retrieving daemon
# Description: Starts and stops the fetchmail daemon used to retrieve mail \
# via various protocols (such as POP3 and IMAP4).
### END INIT INFO
# Source function library.
. /etc/rc.d/init.d/functions
# Source networking configuration.
. /etc/sysconfig/network
# Check that networking is up.
[ $NETWORKING = "no" ] && exit 0
# Source fetchmail configuration.
if [ -s /etc/sysconfig/fetchmail ]; then
. /etc/sysconfig/fetchmail
else
echo "Configuration file not found "
exit 0
fi
CONFFILE="/etc/fetchmailrc"
HOMEDIR="/var/run/fetchmail"
PIDFILE="$HOMEDIR/.fetchmail.pid"
UIDL="$HOMEDIR/.fetchmail-UIDL-cache"
OPTIONS="-s -d ${POLL:-180} -f $CONFFILE --pidfile $PIDFILE"
RETVAL=0
# Check that fetchmailrc exists.
[ -s $CONFFILE ] || exit 0
# Check that group exists
if ! grep -qs $USER /etc/group; then
echo "Adding $USER group "
groupadd -g 200 $USER
fi
# Check that user exists.
if ! grep -qs $USER /etc/passwd; then
echo "Adding $USER user "
useradd -u 200 -g $USER -d $HOMEDIR -s /sbin/nologin $USER
fi
# create uidl cache file
if ! grep -qs idfile "$CONFFILE" && [ -d $HOMEDIR ]; then
OPTIONS="$OPTIONS -i $UIDL"
touch $UIDL
chown -h $USER $UIDL
chmod 0600 $UIDL
fi
# See how we were called.
case "$1" in
start)
if [ ! -f /var/lock/subsys/fetchmail ]; then
echo -n "Starting Fetchmail services: "
daemon --user=$USER /usr/bin/fetchmail $OPTIONS
RETVAL=$?
echo
[ $RETVAL -eq 0 ] && touch /var/lock/subsys/fetchmail
else
RETVAL=1
fi
;;
stop)
if [ -f /var/lock/subsys/fetchmail ]; then
action "Shutting Fetchmail services: " su -l $USER -c '/usr/bin/fetchmail -s --quit'
rm -f /var/lock/subsys/fetchmail >/dev/null 2>&1
RETVAL=$?
else
RETVAL=1
fi
;;
restart)
$0 stop
$0 start
RETVAL=$?
;;
reload)
if [ -f /var/lock/subsys/fetchmail ]; then
echo -n "Reloading fetchmailrc file: "
killproc fetchmail -HUP
RETVAL=$?
echo
else
RETVAL=1
fi
;;
status)
status fetchmail
RETVAL=$?
;;
*)
echo "Usage: $0 {start|stop|restart|reload|status}"
exit 1
esac
exit $RETVAL
# Customized settings for fetchmail
# Define polling interval in seconds
POLL=180
# User to start daemon
USER="fetchmail"
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