Solved Service does not exist or is not executable

[axeflayer]

I am setting up a gemini protocol server written in go called "molly brown" link to git repository.

I have placed its bianary file in /usr/local/sbin/molly-brown

I placed its initscript at /etc/rc.d/molly

This is its initscript:

#!/bin/s#!/bin/s#!/bin/s#!/bin/s#!/bin/s#!/bin/s#!/bin/sh
#
# $FreeBSD$
#
 
# PROVIDE: molly
# REQUIRE: networking
# KEYWORD: shutdown  

. /etc/rc.subr

name="molly"
desc="Gemini Protocol daemon"
rcvar="molly_enable"
command="/usr/local/sbin/molly-brown"
command_args="-c /etc/molly.conf"
molly_brown_user="daemon"
pidfile="/var/run/${name}.pid"
required_files="/etc/molly.conf"

start_cmd="molly_start"
stop_cmd="molly_stop"  
status_cmd="molly_status"

molly_start() {
        /usr/sbin/daemon -P ${pidfile} -r -f -u $molly_brown_user $command
}
 
molly_stop() {
        if [ -e "${pidfile}" ]; then
                kill -s TERM `cat ${pidfile}`
        else
                echo "${name} is not running"
        fi

}
 
molly_status() {
        if [ -e "${pidfile}" ]; then
                echo "${name} is running as pid `cat ${pidfile}`"
        else
                echo "${name} is not running"
        fi
}
 
load_rc_config $name
run_rc_command "$1"

I added molly_enable="YES" to /etc/rc.conf

Here is my rc.conf

hostname="coot"
ifconfig_DEFAULT="DHCP"
sshd_enable="YES"
sendmail_enable="NONE"
sendmail_submit_enable="NO"
sendmail_outbound_enable="NO"
sendmail_msp_queue_enable="NO"
growfs_enable="YES"
pf_enable="YES"
pflog_enable="YES"
apache24_enable="YES"
ntpd_enable="YES"
molly_enable="YES"

When I run service molly start I get this output:

molly does not exist in /etc/rc.d or the local startup
directories (/usr/local/etc/rc.d), or is not executable

It is possible to start the server by going to /usr/local/sbin/molly-brown and typing molly-brown

I am not sure what is going wrong. Please note that I am new to Freebsd and this forum.

 

[T-Daemon]

#!/bin/s#!/bin/s#!/bin/s#!/bin/s#!/bin/s#!/bin/s#!/bin/sh

Is this a copy & paste error or is it a verbatim copy from the shell script?

Shebang (Unix) - Wikipedia

en.wikipedia.org

Also check if the file is allowed execution. At least it should be mode 555. Furthermore, base system external rc(8) scripts should be placed in /usr/local/etc/rc.d.

 

[Tieks]

Similarly, your config file should be in /usr/local/etc. You will always find installed applications under /usr/local. This will keep FreeBSD's system/userland separated from applications.

 

[SirDice]

Your service should default to NO too.

: ${molly_enable:="NO}

 

[axeflayer]

Is this a copy & paste error or is it a verbatim copy from the shell script?

Shebang (Unix) - Wikipedia

en.wikipedia.org

Also check if the file is allowed execution. At least it should be mode 555. Furthermore, base system external rc(8) scripts should be placed in /usr/local/etc/rc.d.

Yes, that must be a copy and paste error as it does not look like that in my initscript. I think changing the file permissions and making the bianary file executable fixed my problem. I also moved the files to their proper directories.