can't startup the service when server start

[peterchu]

I tried to link the service to the start-up ,

#ln -s /usr/local/apache/bin/httpd /etc/init.d
# pwd
/etc/init.d
#ll /usr/local/apache/bin/httpd
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 27 Oct 16 15:50 httpd -> /usr/local/apache/bin/httpd

but still can't run this daemon when startup , but i can run it manually , could suggest what is wrong ? thx.

[ramkumar · Accepted solution]

I think you are expert in SVR4 Systems thats why you are doing like this .

better try to configure in the following steps

#chkconfig --list httpd
see whether it is on or off in runlevel 4 ,5,6
if not
#chkconfig --level 3 on 4 on 5 on httpd
it will start the service at desired run levels

[Vitaly Karasik_1]

in order to run this script on boot, you should add link

ln -s /etc/init.d/httpd /etc/rc3.d/S99httpd

and

ln -s /etc/init.d/httpd /etc/rc5.d/S99httpd

[not every package knows to work with chkconfig]

[Steven E. Protter]

either method will work in the prior two posts.

Linux books recomend

chkconfig -level 12345 httpd on


Script must exist in /etc/init.d

SEP

[Vitaly Karasik_1]

as far as I remember, chkconfig doesn't work with every script, or at leats you should "chkconfig add httpd" in order to add script to chkconfig managament.

[Stuart Browne]

Word of note:

YOU DEFINATELY DO NOT WANT TO DIRECTLY LINK A BINARY HERE!

What you want to be linking to is the script '/usr/local/apache/bin/apachectl'. This is the distributed startup/shutdown routine.

As for the 'chkconfig' stuff, it will only work if there is a comment line similar to '# chkconfig 2345 84 16' and a '# description ' line with in it.