[SOLVED] SABnzbd rc.d Script

Question

I'm having trouble getting  the sabnzbd daemon script to run. I'm trying to run the default one that came with the AUR but it keeps failing while running it from /opt/sabnzbd/SABnzbd.py works. Yes, I have copied over the ini file to /opt/sabnzbd/. Below is the /etc/rc.d/sabnzbd shell script. I'm a real newbie so I don't really know how to troubleshoot what's going on at all . It just says [FAIL] dies.
#!/bin/bash
. /etc/rc.conf
. /etc/rc.d/functions
SABNZBD_USER="sabnzbd"
SABNZBD_CONF="/opt/sabnzbd/sabnzbd.ini"
PID=`pidof -o %PPID -x SABnzbd.py`
case "$1" in
start)
stat_busy "Starting SABnzbd"
[ -z "$PID" ] && su - $SABNZBD_USER -c "/opt/sabnzbd/SABnzbd.py -f $SABNZBD_CONF -d" -s /bin/sh
if [ $? -gt 0 ]; then
stat_fail
else
add_daemon sabnzbd
stat_done
fi
stop)
stat_busy "Stopping SABnzbd"
[ "$PID" ] && kill $PID &> /dev/null
if [ $? -gt 0 ]; then
stat_fail
else
rm_daemon sabnzbd
stat_done
fi
restart)
$0 stop
sleep 1
$0 start
echo "usage: $0 {start|stop|restart}"
esac
exit 0
Last edited by DONDON (2008-12-23 02:30:02)

Answer 1

So, I figured it out. I removed every file that was associated with SABnzbd and started over. Below are a list of things that I learned on my way that I hope will help other true newbies get their daemons working:
1. Write your access rules so that the user your daemon runs under is in the same group as your user account if you've manually made your download/incomplete/cache/log folders.
2. Make sure to not use ~/ to designate your home directory with the SABnzbd config file. Instead use /home/usernamehere/
3. When you move sabnzbd.ini over to /opt/sabnzbd/ chown it back to the user designated in the /etc/rc.d/sabnzbd script
4. When you chown the a file make sure you're changing the group AND owner.
5. ls -al is your friend.
6. If your config file gets too messy, just remove it and start over.
These are all really newbie mistakes that I made. I hope they help someone else avoid them .