Question

What I have to do is to run a application on startup. So I made it as a service. ie as a shell script under /etc/init.d . I am using Ubuntu.. The problem is I have to create a folder under /var/run directory if it does not exist. Following is my code.

#!/bin/sh
set -e

start() {


if [ -d "/var/run/bucardo" ]; then
    echo "Directory Exists" 
    echo -n "Starting bucardo: "
    sudo bucardo_ctl start 
    echo "done."
else
    echo "Creating Directory" 
    sudo mkdir /var/run/bucardo
    echo -n "Starting bucardo: "
    sudo bucardo_ctl start 
    echo "done."
fi
}

stop() {
echo -n "Shutting down bucardo: "
sudo bucardo_ctl stop
echo "done."
}
case "$1" in
start)
start
;;
stop)
stop
;;
restart)
stop
sleep 10
start
;;
*)

esac
exit 0

SO to create a folder under /var/run which is the default folder for the application.

How can I create a folder with password in shell script. So that I can check for folder and create it.

Following is the error I am getting when I made script run in startup. I used the following command to do it “chkconfig –level 234 bocardo”

Following is the error..

insserv: warning: script 'K01centrifyda' missing LSB tags and overrides
insserv: warning: script 'K01cups' missing LSB tags and overrides
insserv: warning: script 'K01acpi-support' missing LSB tags and overrides
insserv: warning: script 'bucardo' missing LSB tags and overrides
The script you are attempting to invoke has been converted to an Upstart
job, but lsb-header is not supported for Upstart jobs.
insserv: warning: script 'hwclock-save' missing LSB tags and overrides
insserv: Default-Start undefined, assuming empty start runlevel(s) for script `hwclock-save'
insserv: Default-Stop  undefined, assuming empty stop  runlevel(s) for script `hwclock-save'
The script you are attempting to invoke has been converted to an Upstart
job, but lsb-header is not supported for Upstart jobs.
insserv: warning: script 'ufw' missing LSB tags and overrides
insserv: Default-Start undefined, assuming empty start runlevel(s) for script `ufw'
insserv: Default-Stop  undefined, assuming empty stop  runlevel(s) for script `ufw'
The script you are attempting to invoke has been converted to an Upstart
job, but lsb-header is not supported for Upstart jobs.
insserv: warning: script 'lightdm' missing LSB tags and overrides
insserv: Default-Start undefined, assuming empty start runlevel(s) for script `lightdm'
insserv: Default-Stop  undefined, assuming empty stop  runlevel(s) for script `lightdm'
The script you are attempting to invoke has been converted to an Upstart
job, but lsb-header is not supported for Upstart jobs.
insserv: warning: script 'acpid' missing LSB tags and overrides
insserv: Default-Start undefined, assuming empty start runlevel(s) for script `acpid'
insserv: Default-Stop  undefined, assuming empty stop  runlevel(s) for script `acpid'
insserv: warning: script 'centrifyda' missing LSB tags and overrides
insserv: warning: script 'adnisd' missing LSB tags and overrides
The script you are attempting to invoke has been converted to an Upstart
job, but lsb-header is not supported for Upstart jobs.
insserv: warning: script 'binfmt-support' missing LSB tags and overrides
insserv: Default-Start undefined, assuming empty start runlevel(s) for script `binfmt-support'
insserv: Default-Stop  undefined, assuming empty stop  runlevel(s) for script `binfmt-support'
The script you are attempting to invoke has been converted to an Upstart
job, but lsb-header is not supported for Upstart jobs.
insserv: warning: script 'plymouth-splash' missing LSB tags and overrides
insserv: Default-Start undefined, assuming empty start runlevel(s) for script `plymouth-splash'
insserv: Default-Stop  undefined, assuming empty stop  runlevel(s) for script `plymouth-splash'
The script you are attempting to invoke has been converted to an Upstart
job, but lsb-header is not supported for Upstart jobs.
insserv: warning: script 'network-interface' missing LSB tags and overrides
insserv: Default-Start undefined, assuming empty start runlevel(s) for script `network-interface'
insserv: Default-Stop  undefined, assuming empty stop  runlevel(s) for script `network-interface'
The script you are attempting to invoke has been converted to an Upstart
job, but lsb-header is not supported for Upstart jobs.
insserv: warning: script 'plymouth-log' missing LSB tags and overrides
insserv: Default-Start undefined, assuming empty start runlevel(s) for script `plymouth-log'
insserv: Default-Stop  undefined, assuming empty stop  runlevel(s) for script `plymouth-log'
The script you are attempting to invoke has been converted to an Upstart
job, but lsb-header is not supported for Upstart jobs.
insserv: warning: script 'alsa-restore' missing LSB tags and overrides
insserv: Default-Start undefined, assuming empty start runlevel(s) for script `alsa-restore'
insserv: Default-Stop  undefined, assuming empty stop  runlevel(s) for script `alsa-restore'
The script you are attempting to invoke has been converted to an Upstart
job, but lsb-header is not supported for Upstart jobs.
insserv: warning: script 'procps' missing LSB tags and overrides
insserv: Default-Start undefined, assuming empty start runlevel(s) for script `procps'
insserv: Default-Stop  undefined, assuming empty stop  runlevel(s) for script `procps'
The script you are attempting to invoke has been converted to an Upstart
job, but lsb-header is not supported for Upstart jobs.
insserv: warning: script 'udevtrigger' missing LSB tags and overrides
insserv: Default-Start undefined, assuming empty start runlevel(s) for script `udevtrigger'
insserv: Default-Stop  undefined, assuming empty stop  runlevel(s) for script `udevtrigger'
insserv: warning: script 'cups' missing LSB tags and overrides
The script you are attempting to invoke has been converted to an Upstart
job, but lsb-header is not supported for Upstart jobs.
insserv: warning: script 'setvtrgb' missing LSB tags and overrides
insserv: Default-Start undefined, assuming empty start runlevel(s) for script `setvtrgb'
insserv: Default-Stop  undefined, assuming empty stop  runlevel(s) for script `setvtrgb'
The script you are attempting to invoke has been converted to an Upstart
job, but lsb-header is not supported for Upstart jobs.
insserv: warning: script 'udev' missing LSB tags and overrides
insserv: Default-Start undefined, assuming empty start runlevel(s) for script `udev'
insserv: Default-Stop  undefined, assuming empty stop  runlevel(s) for script `udev'
The script you are attempting to invoke has been converted to an Upstart
job, but lsb-header is not supported for Upstart jobs.

and very long… Please help me..
Thanks in advance..

As per Pieter’s suggestion..
Following is the link to make it as a service in Ubentu.. http://jonathonhill.net/2009-04-23/auto-start-a-shell-script-on-ubuntu-server/

Answer 1

You don’t say what the problem actually is. Is it that sudo mkdir asks for a password?
Init scripts generally need to run as root already (and will during normal boot), so you don’t want sudo in your script at all. While testing, just sudo when you run the script.

Also, consider collapsing the directory existence conditional, and just use mkdir -p, which will not error if the directory already exists.