4 # Required-Start: $remote_fs
5 # Required-Stop: $remote_fs
6 # Default-Start: 2 3 4 5
8 # Short-Description: Starts the Micro Name Service Cache Daemon
11 # NB: Because insserv is slightly broken (#606593), we cannot provide
12 # nscd, as this would break installs which hadn't already purged nscd.
13 # However, if you have init scripts which depend on nscd, feel free to
14 # change Provides: unscd to Provides: unscd nscd after purging nscd.
17 # unscd: Starts the Micro Name Service Cache Daemon
19 # description: This is a daemon which handles passwd and group lookups
20 # for running programs and caches the results for the next
21 # query. You should start this daemon only if you use
22 # slow Services like NIS or NIS+
27 DESC="Micro Name Service Cache Daemon"
28 DAEMON="/usr/sbin/nscd"
29 PIDFILE="/var/run/nscd/nscd.pid"
33 [ -f /etc/nscd.conf ] || exit 0
34 [ -x "$DAEMON" ] || exit 0
35 [ -d /var/run/nscd ] || mkdir -p /var/run/nscd
36 . /lib/lsb/init-functions
41 # 0 if daemon has been started
42 # 1 if daemon was already running
43 # 2 if daemon could not be started
44 start-stop-daemon --start --quiet --pidfile "$PIDFILE" --exec "$DAEMON" --test > /dev/null || return 1
45 start-stop-daemon --start --quiet --pidfile "$PIDFILE" --exec "$DAEMON" || return 2
51 # 0 if daemon has been stopped
52 # 1 if daemon was already stopped
53 # 2 if daemon could not be stopped
55 # we try to stop using unscd --shutdown, that fails also if unscd is not present.
56 # in that case, fallback to "good old methods"
58 if ! $DAEMON --shutdown; then
59 start-stop-daemon --stop --quiet --pidfile "$PIDFILE" --name "$NAME" --test > /dev/null
61 [ "$?" -ne 0 -a "$?" -ne 1 ] && return 2
64 # Wait for children to finish too
65 start-stop-daemon --stop --quiet --oknodo --retry=0/30/KILL/5 --exec "$DAEMON" > /dev/null
66 [ "$?" -ne 0 -a "$?" -ne 1 ] && return 2
74 # 0 if daemon is stopped
75 # 1 if daemon is running
76 start-stop-daemon --start --quiet --pidfile "$PIDFILE" --exec "$DAEMON" --test > /dev/null || return 1
82 log_daemon_msg "Starting $DESC" "$NAME"
85 0) log_end_msg 0 ; exit 0 ;;
86 1) log_warning_msg " (already running)." ; exit 0 ;;
87 *) log_end_msg 1 ; exit 1 ;;
91 log_daemon_msg "Stopping $DESC" "$NAME"
94 0) log_end_msg 0 ; exit 0 ;;
95 1) log_warning_msg " (not running)." ; exit 0 ;;
96 *) log_end_msg 1 ; exit 1 ;;
99 restart|force-reload|reload)
100 log_daemon_msg "Restarting $DESC" "$NAME"
102 $DAEMON --invalidate passwd --invalidate group --invalidate hosts
107 0) log_end_msg 0 ; exit 0 ;;
108 1) log_failure_msg " (failed -- old process is still running)." ; exit 1 ;;
109 *) log_failure_msg " (failed to start)." ; exit 1 ;;
113 log_failure_msg " (failed to stop)."
119 log_daemon_msg "Status of $DESC service: "
122 0) log_failure_msg "not running." ; exit 1 ;;
123 1) log_success_msg "running." ; exit 0 ;;
127 echo "Usage: /etc/init.d/$NAME {start|stop|reload|force-reload|restart|status}" >&2