rc3.d scripts not executing on boot

[jdyke]

gerrynix wrote:

> --- jdyke <jdyke at azimapower.com> wrote:
> 
> 
>>Hello.
>>
>>This was seen after a power outage hardboot on RedHat9  Some
>>scripts were not 
>>executed in the rc3.d directory.  Namely httpd and mysql.server.
>>The linking is:
>>S96httpd -> ../init.d/httpd
>>S98mysql -> ../init.d/mysql.server
>>
>>The permissions of both are the same as their counterparts that are
>>getting 
>>called. I can use the scripts themselves to to start|stop|restart
>>etc without 
>>fail or warning, but it looks like they are not being touched when
>>the machine 
>>boots up. For a test i copied these scripts to a RedHat 8 box and
>>rebooted the 
>>machine and they get executed on boot.  Another test...i ran
>>`shutdown -r now', 
>>to see if for some reason they would get executed on a clean
>>restart, but did not.
>>
>>a tail of boot.log shows
>>Nov 22 09:26:50 **** xinetd: xinetd startup succeeded
>>Nov 22 09:26:51 **** sendmail: sendmail startup succeeded
>>Nov 22 09:26:51 **** sendmail: sm-client startup succeeded
>>Nov 22 09:26:51 **** gpm: gpm startup succeeded
>>Nov 22 09:26:52 **** crond: crond startup succeeded
>>Nov 22 09:26:53 **** cups: cupsd startup succeeded
>>Nov 22 09:26:53 **** xfs: xfs startup succeeded
>>Nov 22 09:26:53 **** anacron: anacron startup succeeded
>>Nov 22 09:26:53 **** atd: atd startup succeeded
>>
>>I noticed that most of these were linked in just about every rc*.d
>>directory. 
>>Is that what i should do for httpd and mysqld?  This is a quasi
>>production box 
>>so i'd like to limit my number of reboot tests :)
>>
>>Is there any other logs that would be useful to look?
> 
> 
> Jeff,
> 
> Since you have confirmed that the scripts in question are
> linked properly, in the correct directory for run level 3,
> executable and working... this is my best guess: the system
> is not getting to run level 3. The other services you list
> above also start in other run levels. Have you checked the
> output of "who -r" or the "runlevel" command? Perhaps check
> the initdefault level in /etc/inittab.
> --
> Nix
aha.  I had not checked those...they were a great help and the key to the issue. 
  The default run level was set to 5, which makes sense.  I had been accustomed 
to setting them in rc3.d on my RH8 box and old job(all Solaris), as none of 
those servers had X installed.  I had forgotten all about the logic behind the 
runlevels.

Thanks!!

Jeff

> 
>>Thanks in advance for any info.
>>Jeff
>>
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