How to config a service on fedora linux OS at version 14

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Hi,everyone:
I want to config a program(Helloworld for instance) as a service on fedora linux with that version 14,when I press the computor power button, and then start my linux system.When the system started I hope the program(Helloworld) started automatically too. I can use the service status、service restart、service stop
command to start or stop this service of mine.
I find some information and aritcle how to config it.They say use the inetd.conf file on etc folder,but i can not find this file on /etc.
Can you tell me how to config it,the more detailed, the more better!
Thank you everyone!

Posted 22-Apr-11 22:23pm

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markkuk · Answer 1 · 2011-04-22T22:43:00

Ignore any articles talking about inetd, they aren't relevant to Fedora.
To configure a service you need to add a shell script in /etc/init.d/ that contains functions to start, stop and restart your program. See the documentation in

/usr/share/docs/initscripts-9.20.2/sysvinitfiles<br />

and man chkconfig
For additional questions, try the Fedora Forums[^]

*ZeeroC00l* · Answer 2 · 2011-04-24T20:43:00

You have a simple way of doing it.

You need to write a custom script that will manage the start/stop/restart of the service that is being added.

The skeleton of that script looks like this.

Bash

#!/bin/bash

ReturnVal=0

start()
{
     # Star the service. 
     echo "Service is being started..."
}

stop()
{
    # Stop the service here.
    echo "Service is being stopped..."
}

restart()
{
    echo "Service is being Restarted..."
    stop
    start
}


# Main Wrapper

case '$1' in 

start)
start
;;

stop)
stop
;;

restart)
restart
;;

*)
echo "Invalid Option related to the Service."
echo $"Usage: $0 {start|stop|restart}"

exit 1
esac

exit $ReturnVal

The above script template can be used to create a custom script that can be used to manage a new service.

After this script is created place the file under

/etc/init.d

Make sure the sctipt is working properly by executing the following commands

service start
service stop
service restart

This can then be added using the chkconfig command.

chkconfig -add scriptname

For adding this to the auto start during bootup you can use the option.

ntsysv

How to config a service on fedora linux OS at version 14

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