Failing at running a script on startup (Ubuntu server)

Question

I have some tutorials on how to run a script at startup on ubuntu server, but it keeps failing with status=203

Here is the script.sh file i wrote in /etc/init.d :

### BEGIN INIT INFO
# Provides:            Multicraft
# Required-Start:       
# Required-Stop        
# Should-Start:         
# Should-Stop:          
# X-Start-Before:       
# X-Start-After:        
# Default-Start:        2 3 4 5
# Default-Stop:         0 1 6
# X-Interactive:        
# Short-Description:    Multicraft daemon
# Description:          Starts the Multicraft daemon at system startup
### END INIT INFO

. /home/minecraft/multicraft/bin/multicraft -v start

exit 0

I have also run the "sudo update-rc.d script.sh defaults" command.

Can anyone please tell me what i am doing wrong?

P.S. It should be noted that when i manually run this command, the program launches and everything works as expected:

sudo /home/minecraft/multicraft/bin/multicraft -v start

Should you really be trying to source the file (as opposed to running it)? — steeldriver, Feb 06 '16 at 23:22
I know close to nothing in ubuntu, so please explain me what is the difference between sourcing a file and running a file. :) — Amine Kchouk, Feb 06 '16 at 23:39

score 0 · Answer 1 · edited Apr 13 '17 at 12:24

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Try adding Sleep into your script.

sleep 60
./home/minecraft/multicraft/bin/multicraft -v start
exit 0

OR

sleep 60
cd /home/minecraft/multicraft/bin/
sudo ./multicraft -v start
exit 0

OR

sleep 60
cd /home/minecraft/multicraft/bin/
sudo multicraft -v start
exit 0

Please increase the sleep time if above code does not work.(if you are root user no need to use sudo)

Possible duplicate of "Startup Applications" not working

edited Apr 13 '17 at 12:24

Community

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answered Feb 07 '16 at 00:13

gaganyaan

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I tried what you told me to do but it is still failing and it gives me the error "Exec format error". Here is the exact script.sh that i have: http://pastebin.com/0s3Vx8kP (i tried with both "Sleep" and "sleep") – Amine Kchouk Feb 07 '16 at 03:49
update: there is no space between dot and slash . ./home/minecraft/multicraft/bin/multicraft -v start – gaganyaan Feb 07 '16 at 07:58
Okay i'll try that – Amine Kchouk Feb 07 '16 at 17:05

Amine Kchouk · Answer 2 · 2016-02-07T20:46:34.843

Ok i found what was the problem: I did not write #!/bin/sh in the first line of the script.sh. And this is the script that actually works:

#!/bin/sh
### BEGIN INIT INFO
# Provides:             Multicraft
# Required-Start:       
# Required-Stop        
# Default-Start:        2 3 4 5
# Default-Stop:         0 1 6
# Short-Description:    Multicraft daemon
# Description:          Starts the Multicraft daemon at system startup
### END INIT INFO

start() {
  ./home/minecraft/multicraft/bin/multicraft -v start
}

stop() {
  ./home/minecraft/multicraft/bin/multicraft -v stop
}

case "$1" in
  start)
    start
  ;;
  stop)
    stop
  ;;
*)

esac
exit 0

Thanks for your help @editinit though.

Failing at running a script on startup (Ubuntu server)

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