Start stop script for TeamSpeak daemon (init)

[Cybernaut]

The script to handle starting and stopping of TeamSpeak that comes with the latest versions has a lot of problems. Namely, it doesn't work with the init system on Linux and therefore won't start TS when your system is rebooted. And the restart option doesn't work correctly.

This version fixes those issues and others and cleans up some of the code.

This script should go in "/etc/init.d/tss". Make links in "/etc/rc3.d" like "ln -s ../../init.d/tss S85tss" and "ln -s ../../init.d/tss K15tss". Make sure to change the config section. You should install TeamSpeak to run under some user - NOT ROOT - like voice or tss or something. Change "USER" to that username. Change "DIR" to the path to your TeamSpeak directory.

Now do "service start/stop/restart tss" (pick one of start, stop, or restart) as root or a sudo priviledged user. This is how it *should* be.

Cheers.

Derek "Cybernaut"
www.DigitalNines.com - Web Hosting, Game Hosting, etc.

#! /bin/bash
# Copyright (c) 2004 TeamSpeak team   All rights reserved.
#
# Author: pwk.linuxfan 2004
# Modified by Derek "Cybernaut" Jackson - www.DigitalNines.com
#
# chkconfig: 345 85 15
# description: Runs and kills TeamSpeak Voice server at boot time and shutdown.            
# Source function library.
#. /etc/rc.d/init.d/functions

# START OF CONFIG SECTION
# WARNING ! For security reasons we advise: DO NOT RUN THE SERVER AS ROOT
USER=voice
DIR=/home/voice/tss2_rc2
# END OF CONFIG SECTION

# See how we were called.
case "$1" in
        start)
                if [ -e $DIR/tsserver2.pid ]; then
                        echo "tsserver2.pid already exists...server already started ?";
                        echo "If you are sure the server is not running, delete tsserver2.pid"
                        exit 1
                else
                        if [ "$UID" = "0" ]; then
                                for c in $(seq 1 10); do
                                        echo -n "!"
                                        sleep 1
                                done
                                echo !
                        fi
                        echo "Starting the TeamSpeak Voice server..."
                        if [ -e $DIR/server_linux ]; then
                                if [ ! -x $DIR/server_linux ]; then
                                        echo "server_linux is not executable; trying to set it."
                                        chmod u+x $DIR/server_linux
                                fi
                                if [ -x $DIR/server_linux ]; then
                                        WD=`pwd`
                                        cd $DIR
                                        su $USER -c "$DIR/server_linux -PID=tsserver2.pid" &
                                        cd $WD
                                else
                                        echo "server_linux is not executable; fix this."
                                        exit 4
                                fi
                        else
                                echo "Couldnt find server_linux."
                                exit 5
                        fi
                fi
        ;;
    stop)
                if [ -e $DIR/tsserver2.pid ]; then
                        echo -n "Stopping the TeamSpeak Voice server..."
                        if ( kill -TERM `cat $DIR/tsserver2.pid` ); then
                                for c in $(seq 1 300); do
                                        if [ -e $DIR/tsserver2.pid ]; then
                                                echo -n "."
                                                sleep 1
                                        fi
                                done
                        fi
                        if [ -e $DIR/tsserver2.pid ]; then
                                echo "server does not shutdown cleanly - killing"
                                kill -KILL `cat $DIR/tsserver2.pid`
                                rm $DIR/tsserver2.pid
                                sleep 5
                        else
                                echo "done"
                        fi
                else
                        echo "tsserver2.pid is missing; is the server stopped already?"
                        #exit 7 - Should not be here as doesn't allow restart if server is already stopped.
                fi
        ;;
        restart)
                $0 stop && $0 start || exit 1
        ;;
        status)
                if [ -e $DIR/tsserver2.pid ]; then
                        echo "The TeamSpeak Voice server is running."
                        exit 0
                else
                        echo "The TeamSpeak Voice server is stopped."
                        exit 3
                fi
        ;;
        passwords)
                if [ -e $DIR/server.log ]; then
                        date=$(cat $DIR/server.log | grep "admin account info: username: admin" | tail -n 1 | sed "s/^\([0-9]\+-[0-9]\+-[0-9]\+ [0-9]\+:[0-9]\+:[0-9]\+\).*$/\1/")
                        spass=$(cat $DIR/server.log | grep "superadmin account info: username: superadmin" | tail -n 1 | sed "s/^.*username: superadmin password: \([a-z0-9]\+\).*$/\1/")
                        pass=$(cat $DIR/server.log | grep "admin account info: username: admin" | tail -n 1 | sed "s/^.*username: admin password: \([a-z0-9]\+\).*$/\1/")
                        echo "Following passwords were generated on $date"
                        echo "superadmin = \"$spass\""
                        echo "admin      = \"$pass\""
                else
                        echo "server.log not found; maybe the server has not been started yet?" 
                        exit 1
                fi
        ;;
        *)
                echo "Usage: $0 {start|stop|restart|status|passwords}"
                exit 2
esac
exit 0

Edit: not a suggestion, moved.

[Nemesis]

Nice one, Cybernaut; only the double quotes in the activation command didn't work for me... anyways, great job. Perhaps it's also worth to mention that you can register the script with 'chkconfig --add scriptname' on FC/RH, so that you can manage TS activation/deactivation with the Services graphical interface. Now it runs harmlessly as 'nobody' on my box.... thanks to you

[jugo.s3.]

Thanks dude...I kinda got a headache trying to find out why mine wasn't working.

Thanks.

Workng Mandrake 10.....waddatah!!