Bug 22536 – usermin won't start from /etc/init.d/usermin script

• Status: RESOLVED FIXED
• Product: Gentoo Linux

[Description David Grant 2003-06-09 21:55:37 UTC]

I've tried running "/etc/init.d/usermin start" and it won't start usermin.  I
also tried removing the "needs" section of the script but it still won't work.

Reproducible: Always
Steps to Reproduce:

[Comment 1 Seemant Kulleen (RETIRED) 2003-06-10 06:51:48 UTC]

can you paste the error?

[Comment 2 David Grant 2003-06-10 08:24:56 UTC]

There was no error, it just had the two exclamation marks [!!]  instead of [ok].  So I assume that the result $? didn't have a proper value.  So I assume that you don't have the same problem I did?  In that case, I'll have to try looking in more detail tonight.

[Comment 3 David Grant 2003-06-10 08:28:10 UTC]

I've tried running /usr/sbin/usermin directly, and nothing seems to happen.  I also tried /usr/sbin/usermin --pidfile=/var/run/usermin.pid and nothing seems to happen.

[Comment 4 Martin Holzer (RETIRED) 2003-07-11 15:39:33 UTC]

did you run #usermin setup
as in ebuild told ?

[Comment 5 David Grant 2003-07-11 16:12:35 UTC]

I did run usermin setup but it still doesn't work.  Can we reopen this bug?

[Comment 6 Martin Holzer (RETIRED) 2003-07-11 16:23:36 UTC]

login as root
try 1.030
then etc-update
then /etc/init.d/usermin zap
the usermin setup
then /etc/init.d/usermin start

[Comment 7 David Grant 2003-07-11 16:45:30 UTC]

It works now.  Running usermin setup actually starts a usermin instance.  But it's called miniserv.pl.  I had to kill that manually.  Using zap doesn't work.  I'm using 1.020.  Hopefully it will work ok on boot.  Thanks.

[Comment 8 Martin Holzer (RETIRED) 2003-07-13 15:16:34 UTC]

great

[Comment 9 David Grant 2004-03-12 12:48:39 UTC]

I'm getting similar problems after upgrading usermin again.

This issue should be fixed or else it will bite us in the butt later with other users.

[Comment 10 Jeremy Huddleston (RETIRED) 2004-10-05 16:16:53 UTC]

this was fixed long ago