Linux: How to pass parameters to `service foo start` (at command line)?
Solution 1:
In RHEL you have /etc/sysconfig folder. Here you define startup parameters. And in your startup script you include something like:
if [ -f /etc/sysconfig/$prog ] ; then
. /etc/sysconfig/$prog
fi
Check existing services for examples.
For development you can put your startup parameters in an exported variable (for example in .bashrc) which you can manually override any time you wish.
EDIT
If you really want to use service
there are some other options.
Your script should support at least start
and stop
. But you can also implement a debug
command. And start your program with:
service foo debug
Another way will be to check for the second argument in your script and you start your program with:
service foo start debug
Modify your init script to something like:
case "$1" in
start)
if [ "$2" = "debug" ]
then
start_debug
else
start
fi
;;
Solution 2:
In Ubuntu, startup parameters are typically found in:
/etc/default/<service_name>