Description of problem: kannel installed from Fedora official repo, to use with a serial modem. Daemon bearerbox won't start, no errors, no logs. Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable): kannel-1.4.1-2.fc6 How reproducible: Always Steps to Reproduce: 1.install kannel 2.configure it to use serial modem in /dev/ttySN (edit /etc/kannel.conf) 3.try to start with /etc/init.d/kannel start -> it replies [ ok ] 4.ps ax -> no bearerbox daemon running Actual results: no daemon running Expected results: bearerbox must be up and running Additional info: launching bearerbox manually it says: 2007-11-28 15:21:33 [5331] [6] INFO: AT2[/dev/ttyS0]: opening device 2007-11-28 15:21:33 [5331] [6] ERROR: AT2[/dev/ttyS0]: open failed! ERRNO=13 2007-11-28 15:21:33 [5331] [6] ERROR: System error 13: Permission denied 2007-11-28 15:21:33 [5331] [6] ERROR: AT2[/dev/ttyS0]: at2_device_thread: open_at2_device failed. Terminating 2007-11-28 15:21:33 [5331] [6] ERROR: System error 13: Permission denied if you add user kannel to group uucp it works.
Kannel is unfortunately quite rough around the edges when it comes to starting and stopping it as a daemon. The current init script uses the included "start-stop-daemon" program (renamed to "start-stop-kannel" to avoid any possible conflicts), which is probably the one to blame here for the exit status is returns. You might also have noticed the "hacks" in the init script in order to launch all of the required *box programs... and despite the very ugly "sleep 3" after running bearerbox, I've still managed to see the smsbox fail to connect to the bearerbox under normal conditions. What I'm trying to say here is that the "problem" you are having (wrong exit status and no useful error output) is inherent to some design issues in kannel, which would need fixing at a quite low level. I suggest either : - Reporting this problem upstream to the kannel developers, as I'll be more than happy to include any fixes they come up with in the Fedora package. - Implementing more and/or different hacks in the Fedora package's init script.
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