Using Run Control Scripts

How to Use a Run Control Script to Stop or Start a Legacy Service

One advantage of having individual scripts for each run level is that you can run scripts in the /etc/init.d directory individually to stop system services without changing a system's run level.

1. Become an administrator or assume a role that includes the Service Management rights profile.

   For more information, see How to Obtain Administrative Rights in System Administration Guide: Security Services

2. Stop the system service.

   # /etc/init.d/filename 
   stop

3. Restart the system service.

   # /etc/init.d/filename 
   start

4. Verify that the service has been stopped or started.

   # pgrep -f service

Example 12-15 Using a Run Control Script to Stop or Start a Service

For example, you can stop the NFS server daemons by typing the following:

# /etc/init.d/nfs.server stop
# pgrep -f nfs

Then, you can restart the NFS server daemons by typing the following:

# /etc/init.d/nfs.server start
# pgrep -f nfs
101773
101750
102053
101748
101793
102114
# pgrep -f nfs -d, | xargs ps -fp
     UID    PID   PPID   C    STIME TTY         TIME CMD
  daemon 101748      1   0   Sep 01 ?           0:06 /usr/lib/nfs/nfsmapid
  daemon 101750      1   0   Sep 01 ?          26:27 /usr/lib/nfs/lockd
  daemon 101773      1   0   Sep 01 ?           5:27 /usr/lib/nfs/statd
    root 101793      1   0   Sep 01 ?          19:42 /usr/lib/nfs/mountd
  daemon 102053      1   0   Sep 01 ?        2270:37 /usr/lib/nfs/nfsd
  daemon 102114      1   0   Sep 01 ?           0:35 /usr/lib/nfs/nfs4cbd

How to Add a Run Control Script

If you want to add a run control script to start and stop a service, copy the script into the /etc/init.d directory. Then, create links in the rcn .d directory where you want the service to start and stop.

See the README file in each /etc/rc n.d directory for more information on naming run control scripts. The following procedure describes how to add a run control script.

1. Become an administrator or assume a role that includes the Service Management rights profile.

   For more information, see How to Obtain Administrative Rights in System Administration Guide: Security Services

2. Add the script to the /etc/init.d directory.

   # cp filename/etc/init.d
   # chmod 0744 /etc/init.d/filename
   # chown root:sys /etc/init.d/filename

3. Create links to the appropriate rc n.d directory.

   # cd /etc/init.d
   # ln filename /etc/rc2.d/Snnfilename
   # ln filename /etc/rcn.d/Knnfilename

4. Verify that the script has links in the specified directories.

   # ls /etc/init.d/*filename /etc/rc2.d/*filename /etc/rcn.d/*filename

Example 12-16 Adding a Run Control Script

The following example shows how to add a run control script for the xyz service.

# cp xyz /etc/init.d
# chmod 0744 /etc/init.d/xyz
# chown root:sys /etc/init.d/xyz
# cd /etc/init.d
# ln xyz /etc/rc2.d/S99xyz
# ln xyz /etc/rc0.d/K99xyz
# ls /etc/init.d/*xyz /etc/rc2.d/*xyz /etc/rc0.d/*xyz

How to Disable a Run Control Script

You can disable a run control script by renaming it with an underscore (_) at the beginning of the file name. Files that begin with an underscore or dot are not executed. If you copy a file by adding a suffix to it, both files will be run.

1. Become an administrator or assume a role that includes the Service Management rights profile.

   For more information, see How to Obtain Administrative Rights in System Administration Guide: Security Services

2. Rename the script by adding an underscore (_) to the beginning of the new file.

   # cd /etc/rcn.d
   # mv filename_filename

3. Verify that the script has been renamed.

   # ls _*
   _filename

Example 12-17 Disabling a Run Control Script

The following example shows how to rename the S99datainit script.

# cd /etc/rc2.d
# mv S99datainit _S99datainit
# ls _*
_S99datainit