DNS2GO service script?

Hi folks,

I realize this has been talked about, but I still can't find out the
answer to my grief.
This script (which is commonplace for redhat and mandrake users) is
hanging immediately following
"Connecting to DNS2GO..."

....here's the script...

#!/bin/sh
#START OF SCRIPT
#Cut & paste in /etc/rc.d/init.d/dns2go

# dns2go This script starts or stops an DNS2GO connection

# description: Connects to Dynamic Name Server

# Source function library if it exists
test -r /etc/rc.d/init.d/functions && . /etc/rc.d/init.d/functions

prefix=/usr/local/bin
exec_prefix=${prefix}

# Paths to programs
START=${exec_prefix}/dns2go
STOP=${exec_prefix}/dns2go
STATUS="/bin/cat /var/dns2go/status.dat"
case "$1" in
start)
echo -n "Connecting to DNS2GO"

$START
if [ $? = 0 ] ; then
touch /var/lock/subsys/dns2go
echo_success
else
echo_failure
fi
echo ""
;;

stop)
echo -n "Shutting down DNS2GO link"

$STOP -k > /dev/null 2>&1
if [ $? = 0 ] ; then
rm -f /var/lock/subsys/dns2go
echo_success
else
echo_failure
fi
echo ""
;;

restart)
$0 stop
$0 start
;;

status)
$STATUS
;;

*)
echo "Usage: dns2go {start|stop|restart|status}"
exit 1
esac

exit 0

Now, if I run dns2go manually it fires up fine, but if I have it
running as a service, it hangs. Anybody run into this before?

Cheers.

On 26 Mar 2005 09:42:13 -0800, JonnieStyle <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote:
> Hi folks,
>
> I realize this has been talked about, but I still can't find out the
> answer to my grief.
> This script (which is commonplace for redhat and mandrake users) is
> hanging immediately following
> "Connecting to DNS2GO..."

What order do you have the "S..." symlink to this script in rc#.d dir
(where # is runlevel). Are you attempting to run it before networking is
up or internet connection is established? Even if after that, you may
need to add a sleep statement to give it time to connect and update your
resolv.conf.

I use no-ip.com, and simply run its dns update client once (not as daemon)
from /etc/ppp/ip-up (which automatically runs whenever pppoe gets an IP).
If you are directly connected to cable modem, you could do similarly with
dhcp related scripts. Although, if behind a NAT router, you would need to
run a dynamic dns update client as a daemon.

JonnieStyle wrote:
> Hi folks,
>
> I realize this has been talked about, but I still can't find out the
> answer to my grief.
> This script (which is commonplace for redhat and mandrake users) is
> hanging immediately following
> "Connecting to DNS2GO..."
>
> ...here's the script...
>
> #!/bin/sh
> #START OF SCRIPT
> #Cut & paste in /etc/rc.d/init.d/dns2go
>
> # dns2go This script starts or stops an DNS2GO connection
>
> # description: Connects to Dynamic Name Server
>
> # Source function library if it exists
> test -r /etc/rc.d/init.d/functions && . /etc/rc.d/init.d/functions
>
> prefix=/usr/local/bin
> exec_prefix=${prefix}
>
> # Paths to programs
> START=${exec_prefix}/dns2go
> STOP=${exec_prefix}/dns2go
> STATUS="/bin/cat /var/dns2go/status.dat"
> case "$1" in
> start)
> echo -n "Connecting to DNS2GO"
>
> $START
> if [ $? = 0 ] ; then
> touch /var/lock/subsys/dns2go
> echo_success
> else
> echo_failure
> fi
> echo ""
> ;;
>
> stop)
> echo -n "Shutting down DNS2GO link"
>
> $STOP -k > /dev/null 2>&1
> if [ $? = 0 ] ; then
> rm -f /var/lock/subsys/dns2go
> echo_success
> else
> echo_failure
> fi
> echo ""
> ;;
>
> restart)
> $0 stop
> $0 start
> ;;
>
> status)
> $STATUS
> ;;
>
> *)
> echo "Usage: dns2go {start|stop|restart|status}"
> exit 1
> esac
>
> exit 0
>
> Now, if I run dns2go manually it fires up fine, but if I have it
> running as a service, it hangs. Anybody run into this before?
>
> Cheers.
I had this problem as well. I start dns2go in rc.local, and on my old
system I have always started it with just "/usr/local/bin/dns2go" as the
last line in rc.local.
I upgraded my system to a 2.4 kernel and also upgraded dns2go to a newer
version, V2.0 and then I had the same symptom you have. I found out that
it didnt hang, but the process starting dns2go, in my case init, ran the
program instead of detach it. For some reason dns2go doesnt fork away or
whatever it did earlier, I had to explicitly put it in background, now
my entry in rc.local looks like this :
"/usr/local/bin/dns2go &"

Hope this helps.

/ZW