Stoping server

[nirit topol]

Hi,

I am running the server in background

how do I stop the server safely without killing his process 

thank

Nirit

[Sean Tilley]

Hi there,

To stop the server in such a way that you can easily start it up again, you use Ctrl + C. Many people make the mistake of using Ctrl + X, which doesn't actually kill the process. (It kills the server, but the process basically runs in zombie mode).

[nirit topol]

thanks,

I know about Ctrl+C but when I run the ./script/server& in background mode this solution is not working.

בתאריך יום שני, 23 באפריל 2012 22:51:01 UTC+3, מאת Sean Tilley:

[Raven24]

If you sent it to the background with "&", you can get it back by executing `fg`
Then it can be stopped with [ctrl]+[c] again.

On this note: please, if you run a server get yourself a little familiar with tools like `screen` [1]
and basic process management from the console. ;)

[1]: http://www.debian-administration.org/articles/34

[Sofocle]

What if the server automatically starts on startup with the init.d script provided in the wiki ?

How can I stop it ?

This is the beginning of the script : 

#  Diaspora

#

# chkconfig: 345 91 10

# description: Starts and stops the Diaspora daemon.

#

PROC_NAME=Diaspora

DIASPORA_HOME=/var/www/diaspora

# Change the user to whichever user you need

RUN_AS_USER=diaspora

startup="cd $DIASPORA_HOME; ./script/server"

# Replace by stop/shutdown command

shutdown="$DIASPORA_HOME/script/server"

start(){

 echo -n $"Starting $PROC_NAME service: "

 su -l $RUN_AS_USER -c "$startup"

 RETVAL=$?

 echo

}

stop(){

 echo -n $"Stoping $PROC_NAME service: "

 # Uncomment here to allow stop

 su -l $RUN_AS_USER -c "$shutdown"

 RETVAL=$?

 echo

}

restart(){

  stop

  start

}

(...)

-------------------------------------------------

Obviously this is not the right command : shutdown="$DIASPORA_HOME/script/server"

Could someone give me a hint ? ;)

I'm trying to get the less barbaric command to shutdown server on demand for using the service diaspora stop/restart command.

Best regards !