init.d script for rsyslogd

rsyslogd (text/plain), 1.72 KB, created by Guillaume ZITTA on 2006-06-16 07:35:15 UTC

#!/sbin/runscript
# Copyright 1999-2004 Gentoo Foundation
# Distributed under the terms of the GNU General Public License v2

pidfile=/var/run/rsyslogd.pid
binpath=/usr/sbin/rsyslogd

# Options for start/restart the daemons
#   For remote UDP logging use SYSLOGD="-r 0"
#   For relaying add "-h" to SYSLOGD
#
SYSLOGD="-r 0 -h"

checkconfig() {
	if [ ! -x $binpath ] ; then 
		eerror "$binpath doesn\'t exist or isn\'t executable"
	fi
	if [ ! -e /etc/rsyslog.conf ] ; then
		eerror "/etc/rsyslog.conf not found"
	fi
}

create_xconsole()
{
    if [ ! -e /dev/xconsole ]; then
	mknod -m 640 /dev/xconsole p
    else
	chmod 0640 /dev/xconsole
    fi
    chown root.adm /dev/xconsole
}

running()
{
    # No pidfile, probably no daemon present
    #
    if [ ! -f $pidfile ]
    then
	return 1
    fi

    pid=`cat $pidfile`

    # No pid, probably no daemon present
    #
    if [ -z "$pid" ]
    then
	return 1
    fi

    cmd=`cat /proc/$pid/cmdline | tr "\000" "\n"|head -1`

    # No syslogd?
    #
    if [ "$cmd" != "$binpath" ]
    then
	return 1
    fi

    return 0
}

start() {
	checkconfig || return 1
	ebegin "Starting system log daemon: rsyslogd"
	create_xconsole
    	start-stop-daemon --start --quiet --exec $binpath -- $SYSLOGD
	eend $? "Failed to start rsyslog"
}

stop() {
	ebegin "Stopping system log daemon: rsyslogd"
	start-stop-daemon --stop --exec $binpath --pidfile $pidfile
	eend $? "Failed to stop rsyslog"
	sleep 1 # needed for rsyslog to stop in case we're restarting
}

reload() {
	if [ ! -f $pidfile ]; then
		eerror "rsyslog isn't running"
		return 1
	fi
	checkconfig || return 1
	ebegin "Reloading configuration and re-opening log files"
	start-stop-daemon --stop --quiet --signal 1 --exec $binpath --pidfile $pidfile
	eend $?
}