Shibboleth Developers

[Bernd Oberknapp <>]

On Sat, 8 Aug 2009, Scott Cantor wrote:

> I assume there's a semi-"standard" shibd init script floating around for
> SuSE? I'd like to check it in and get it managed by the RPM package if I can
> get a pointer to an agreed upon version.

I'm only aware of <https://aai-wiki.univie.ac.at/SuSE/Init-Script>. I'm
using a similar script (attached, tested with openSUSE 10.2 and 11.1).

For openSUSE/SLES compatibility you should also create the symlink
/usr/sbin/rcshibd.

Best regards,
Bernd

-- --------------------------------------------------------------------- --
Dipl.-Math. Bernd Oberknapp          Universitaetsbibliothek Freiburg
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Fax: +49-761 / 203-3987              79098 Freiburg        | 79016 Freiburg#!/bin/sh
#
# /etc/init.d/shibd
#
### BEGIN INIT INFO
# Provides:          shibd
# Required-Start:    $local_fs $remote_fs $network
# Should-Start:      $time
# Should-Stop:       $time
# Required-Stop:     $local_fs $remote_fs $network
# Default-Start:     3 5
# Default-Stop:      0 1 2 6
# Short-Description: Shibboleth shibd
# Description:       Start the Shibboleth shibd daemon
### END INIT INFO

SHIBD_BIN=/usr/sbin/shibd
SHIBD_CONFIG=/etc/shibboleth/shibboleth2.xml
SHIBD_PIDFILE=/var/run/shibboleth/shibd.pid

. /etc/rc.status
rc_reset

if ! [ -x $SHIBD_BIN ]; then
  echo >&2 $SHIBD_BIN is missing
  # service not installed
  rc_failed 5
  rc_status -v1
  rc_exit
fi

if ! [ -f $SHIBD_CONFIG ]; then
  echo >&2 $SHIBD_CONFIG is missing
  # service not configured
  rc_failed 6
  rc_status -v1
  rc_exit
fi

case "$1" in
  start)
    echo -n "Starting shibd daemon"
    startproc $SHIBD_BIN -f -p $SHIBD_PIDFILE
    rc_status -v
    ;;
  stop)
    echo -n "Shutting down shibd daemon"
    killproc -p $SHIBD_PIDFILE -TERM $SHIBD_BIN
    rc_status -v
    ;;
  try-restart)
    $0 status >/dev/null && $0 restart
    rc_status
    ;;
  restart)
    $0 stop
    sleep 1
    $0 start
    rc_status
    ;;
  force-reload)
    # reload not supported, restart instead
    $0 try-restart
    rc_status
    ;;
  reload)
    echo -n "Reloading shibd daemon"
    # not supported
    rc_failed 3
    rc_status -v
    ;;
  configtest)
    $SHIBD_BIN -t
    rc_failed $?
    rc_status -v1
    ;;
  status)
    echo -n "Checking for shibd daemon"
    checkproc -p $SHIBD_PIDFILE $SHIBD_BIN
    rc_status -v
    ;;
  *)
    echo "Usage: $0 
{start|stop|try-restart|restart|force-reload|reload|configtest|status}"
    exit 1
    ;;
esac
rc_exit