Re: processes: mysql will not start when "useshell=dumb"

[Russell Adams]

>From the FAQ/Hints pages:

http://www.cfengine.org/confdir/hangingprocs.html

See if that helps.

Russell


On Thu, Aug 05, 2004 at 04:41:42AM -0700, Andreas Falck wrote:
> Object:  
> 
> Make sure mysql[d] always runs. 
> 
> Problem: 
> 
> mysql start script[1] "hangs", requires CTRL-C or "Enter" 
> to return to shell.
> 
> Doc:
> 
> http://www.cfengine.org/docs/cfengine-Reference.html#processes
>   
>   useshell=true/false/dumb
> 
>   "By choosing the value `dumb' for this, cfengine ignores
>   all output from a program and does not use a startup shell. This
>   prevents programs like cron from hanging cfengine."
> 
> Ok, this must be what I'm looking for, but why doesn't mysql start in
> 'dumb' mode? (Other daemons, such as httpd, seems to work properly,
> but again, most daemons return to the shell properly.)
> 
> cfagent.conf:
> 
> processes:
> 
>    # cfengine halts, but mysql starts:
>    "mysql" restart "/etc/init.d/mysql start"             
>   
>    # cfengine finishes, but mysql does not start:
>    "mysql" restart "/etc/init.d/mysql start" useshell=dumb
> 
> setup:
> 
> # GNU cfengine 2.1.8
> # mysql 4.0.14 
> # Linux 2.4 i686 (RH-7.3)
> 
> [1] #/etc/init.d/mysql start
> --
> Andreas
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