The equivalent of start-stop-daemon for RedHat 6

Question

I have an upstart script to create a service in RedHat 6:

env PLAY_BINARY=/usr/bin/play
env HOME=/opt/warda
env USER=root
env GROUP=root

[...]

script
    exec start-stop-daemon --start --exec $PLAY_BINARY --chuid $USER:$GROUP --chdir $HOME --start $HOME
end script

In Ubuntu everything goes right.

However in RedHat, when I launch sudo initctl start play, I get a successful feedback play start/running, but play doesn't run.

I think that the problem is that start-stop-daemon doesn't exist in RedHat.

How can I replace the exec start-stop-daemon... command?

If you are using RedHat 7, it will be better to read the docs and create a `systemd-unit` — , Aug 01 '14 at 11:36
for RHEL6 you will need to create and install a traditional sysV init script. Then you can user /etc/init.d/play stop/start or /sbin/service stop/start play etc. and /sbin/chkconfig play on/off to enable/disable it at boot time. — Bram, Nov 21 '14 at 17:40

score 6 · Answer 1 · answered Dec 02 '14 at 01:34

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You could try the daemonize command, which is available from the EPEL repository. It seems to do most of what you require here.

answered Dec 02 '14 at 01:34

laubai

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The equivalent of start-stop-daemon for RedHat 6

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