hi, i am using solaris 10. and i want to add bbclient init script in it.it uses smf.but i get error svc:/network/bbclient:default to maintaionance bcoz it complets dependency cycle.i cant undesrstand wt to do...svcs -xv also shows the same thing and kept service in maintainance mode..wt to do to overcome this? /lib/svc/method/bbclient # !/bin/bash # ident "@(#)bbclient 1.1 08/09/01 SMI" #description: init script for bbclient service # bbclient startup script:- # Init/rc scripts are bash scripts used to manage services like bbclient. # Init script for bbclient provides features for starting , stopping , getting status # and restarting bbclient service. prog="bbclient" finger bbclient 1>/dev/null 2>/tmp/fingererr if test -s /tmp/fingererr;then echo "User bbclient does not exist.exiting.." rm -f /tmp/fingererr exit 1 fi BB_USER_HOME=`finger bbclient|grep ^Directory|awk '{print $2}'` BBHOME=${BB_USER_HOME}/bbc1.9i-btf #echo "bbhome is $BBHOME" #variable declaration #BBHOME="/home/bbclient/bbc1.9i-btf" PATH_TO_bbclient=${BBHOME}/runbb.sh BBHOSTS_FILE=${BBHOME}/etc/bb-hosts BBDEF_FILE=${BBHOME}/etc/bbdef-client.sh LOCALTEST_FILE=${BBHOME}/bin/bb-local.sh PID_FILE=${BBHOME}/tmp/BBPID # Source function library. #. /etc/rc.d/init.d/functions if [ "$BBHOME" = "" -o ! -d "$BBHOME" ];then echo "BBHOME IS INVALID" echo "Please check runbb.sh for BBHOME !" exit 1 fi if [ ! -f "$BBHOSTS_FILE" ];then echo "Can't start BB as the etc/bb-hosts file is missing" echo "If this is a BB client, you should copy the etc/bb-hosts file" echo " from your BBDISPLAY server" exit 1 fi if [ ! -f "$BBDEF_FILE" ];then echo "$BBDEF_FILE file not found,please load the file" exit 1 fi if [ ! -f "$LOCALTEST_FILE" ];then echo "$LOCALTEST_FILE file not found,please load the file" exit 1 fi #check for bbclient service file if [ ! -x "$PATH_TO_bbclient" ];then echo "$0:file $PATH_TO_bbclient not found" exit 1 fi #TEST FUNCTION testfn() { STR=`ps -aef | grep bbclient | grep bbrun |grep -v grep` if [ -f "$PID_FILE" -a -n "$STR" ];then return 2 else return 3 fi } #START function start() { testfn if [ $? -eq 2 ]; then echo -e "Error:bbclient is already running" exit 0 else #starting bbclient service su - bbclient -c "${PATH_TO_bbclient} start" sleep 1 fi #printing status as "ok" in green colour testfn if [ $? -eq 2 ];then echo -en "bbrun: [ \033[32mOK " tput sgr0 echo " ]" else #printing status as "failed" in red colour echo -en "bbrun: [ \033[31mFAILED " tput sgr0 echo " ]" fi } #option for stopping bbclient stop() { testfn if [ $? -eq 2 ];then echo "stopping bbclient service" su - bbclient -c "${PATH_TO_bbclient} stop >/dev/null 2>&1" su - bbclient -c "ps -aef|grep bbrun |grep -v grep|cut -d' ' -f2|xargs kill -9 >/dev/null 2>&1" testfn if [ $? -eq 3 ];then echo "bbclient service is stopped" else echo "bbclient service can not be stopped" fi else echo -e "bbclient service is not running hence can not be stopped" fi } #option for knowing status status() { testfn if [ $? -eq 2 ];then echo -e "STATUS : bbclient is running" echo -en 'Pid of bbclient : ' cat $PID_FILE else echo -e "STATUS : bbclient is not running" fi exit 0 } #Handling arguments case "$1" in start)#call to start function start ;; stop)#call to stopall function stop ;; restart)#first call to start function and then to stop function echo "restarting bbclient" stop start testfn if [ $? -eq 2 ];then echo "bbclient is restarted" else echo "bbclient is not restarted" fi ;; status)#call to status function status ;; *)#invalid arguments passed will see this echo -e "\nUsage: $0 {start|stop|status|restart}" echo -e "\n1)start - Start bbclient service if it is not running" echo "2)stop - stop the bbclient service" echo "3)status - current status and information of bbclient service" echo "4)restart - stop bbclient and then start again" if [ -z "$1" ];then echo -e "\nno argument passed" exit 1 elif [ $# -gt 1 ];then echo -e "\nenter only one argument" exit 1 else echo -e "\nenter argument properly" exit 1 fi ;; esac my manifest file is /var/svc/manifest/network <?xml version='1.0'?> <!DOCTYPE service_bundle SYSTEM '/usr/share/lib/xml/dtd/service_bundle.dtd.1'> <!-- Copyright 2004 Sun Microsystems, Inc. All rights reserved. Use is subject to license terms. ident "@(#)bbclient.xml 1.4 17/09/08 SMI" NOTE: This service description is not editable; its contents may be overwritten by package or patch operations, including operating system upgrade. Make customizations in a different file. --> <service_bundle type='manifest' name='SUNWbbcr:bbclient'> <service name='network/bbclient' type='service' version='1'> <create_default_instance enabled='false' /> <restarter> <service_fmri value='svc:/network/bbclient:default' /> </restarter> <exec_method type='method' name='start' exec='/lib/svc/method/bbclient %m' timeout_seconds='30'> </exec_method> <exec_method type='method' name='stop' exec='/lib/svc/method/bbclient %m' timeout_seconds='30'> </exec_method> <exec_method type='method' name='restart' exec='/lib/svc/method/bbclient %m' timeout_seconds='30'> </exec_method> <exec_method type='method' name='status' exec='/lib/svc/method/bbclient %m' timeout_seconds='30'> </exec_method> <template> <common_name> <loctext xml:lang='C'> bbclient </loctext> </common_name> </template> </service> </service_bundle> wt is wrong?please help..............