Re: rc script to let a service wait for db available

> ----------------------------------------
> From: Eugene Grosbein <eugen@grosbein.net>
> Sent: Thu Apr 28 22:49:16 CEST 2022
> To: Sysadmin Lists <sysadmin.lists@mailfence.com>, <freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org>
> Cc: Axel Rau <Axel.Rau@chaos1.de>
> Subject: Re: rc script to let a service wait for db available
> 
> 
> 29.04.2022 0:40, Sysadmin Lists wrote:
> 
> > This isn't entirely true. rc scripts have a default PATH and HOME. From service(8):
> > 
> > ENVIRONMENT
> >      When used to run rc.d scripts the service command sets HOME to / and PATH
> >      to /sbin:/bin:/usr/sbin:/usr/bin which is how they are set in /etc/rc at
> >      boot time.
> > 
> > Something similar holds true for `cron' as well. I see a lot of unnecessary setting of
> > absolute paths for binaries that reside in default PATHs.
> 
> When default environment satisfies the service, if does not fail being started at boot time.
> If it runs just fine being started from logged-in user environment but not at boot time,
> it is environment problem, in broad meaning.
> 
> 

You're right. I misread what you were saying. You were addressing the specific failure
the OP was describing, not saying PATH must always be set manually.


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