mt-daapd on startup using Debian

update-rc.d mt-daapd defaults

This will make the script “/etc/init.d/mt-daapd” run at startup.
My guess is you have that one already.

If not, here’s mine:
I think it came from the 0.2.4 stable mt-daapd release.
It still works with the latest 1696 build.

#! /bin/sh

#

# skeleton      example file to build /etc/init.d/ scripts.

#               This file should be used to construct scripts for /etc/init.d.

#

#               Written by Miquel van Smoorenburg .

#               Modified for Debian

#               by Ian Murdock .

#

# Version:      @(#)skeleton  1.9  26-Feb-2001  [email protected]

#



PATH=/usr/local/sbin:/usr/local/bin:/sbin:/bin:/usr/sbin:/usr/bin

DAEMON=/usr/sbin/mt-daapd

NAME=mt-daapd

DESC=mt-daapd



test -x $DAEMON || exit 0



# Include mt-daapd defaults if available

if [ -f /etc/default/mt-daapd ] ; then

. /etc/default/mt-daapd

fi



set -e



case "$1" in

start)

echo -n "Starting $DESC: "

start-stop-daemon --start --quiet -m --pidfile /var/run/$NAME.pid 

--exec $DAEMON -- $DAEMON_OPTS 2>/dev/null

echo "$NAME."

;;

stop)

echo -n "Stopping $DESC: "

start-stop-daemon --stop --quiet --pidfile /var/run/$NAME.pid 

--signal 2 --exec $DAEMON --oknodo

echo "$NAME."

;;

#reload)

#

#       If the daemon can reload its config files on the fly

#       for example by sending it SIGHUP, do it here.

#

#       If the daemon responds to changes in its config file

#       directly anyway, make this a do-nothing entry.

#

# echo "Reloading $DESC configuration files."

# start-stop-daemon --stop --signal 1 --quiet --pidfile 

#       /var/run/$NAME.pid --exec $DAEMON

#;;

restart|force-reload)

#

#       If the "reload" option is implemented, move the "force-reload"

#       option to the "reload" entry above. If not, "force-reload" is

#       just the same as "restart".

#

echo -n "Restarting $DESC: "

start-stop-daemon --stop --quiet --exec $DAEMON --pidfile 

/var/run/$NAME.pid --oknodo

sleep 1

start-stop-daemon --start --quiet --pidfile 

/var/run/$NAME.pid --exec $DAEMON -- $DAEMON_OPTS

echo "$NAME."

;;

*)

N=/etc/init.d/$NAME

# echo "Usage: $N {start|stop|restart|reload|force-reload}" >&2

echo "Usage: $N {start|stop|restart|force-reload}" >&2

exit 1

;;

esac



exit 0