Re: [gentoo-server] GETTING CRAZY with init services (saslauthd/cyrus)

[Jose Gonzalez Gomez]

Another strange thing to add to the puzzle... I have deleted cyrus 
from the default runlevel and then I have put /etc/init.d/cyrus start in 
/etc/conf.d/local.start so local starts it... now saslauthd works after 
boot up... what the hell is going on here? Anybody can shed some light 
on this? Cause I think I'm becoming a lumberjack if computers keep 
behaving like this...

Jose Gonzalez Gomez wrote:

>
>    ok, here is the scenario: I've got a server running saslauthd and
> cyrus imap, and I have them started at the default runlevel, but after
> booting up the machine saslauthd is not working. I started to make
> some tests playing with dependencies and taking out some services, as
> I suspected that some interaction among services could be causing
> saslauthd to malfunction, and came up with the following (keep in mind
> that cyrus has an after saslauthd dependency):
>
>   1. If I boot with no modification, saslauthd doesn't work. If I
>      restart saslauthd just after booting the service works.
>   2. If I put saslauthd - cyrus to start after everything else except
>      for local, saslauthd doesn't work
>   3. Then I deleted cyrus from the default runlevel. saslauthd works
>   4. Playing with dependencies I start saslauthd in exactly the same
>      place it was in point 1, but without cyrus. saslauthd works
>   5. At this point, if I add cyrus to the default runlevel, saslauthd
>      stops working
>   6. THE GREAT FINAL... I delete cyrus from the default runlevel, boot
>      up the machine, login as root, start cyrus and... *SASLAUTHD
>      WORKS*... wtf??????? By the way... I run NOTHING in local
> (?!?!?!??!)
>
>    I'm getting crazy with this, so any help/tip/idea is greatly
> appreciated... I have looked at the logs with no success, and I don't
> understand what's the difference between running cyrus in a runlevel
> and starting it manually so it may affect saslauthd...
>
>    Best regards
>    Jose