Shoutcast Linux Help

[Swiftie]

Right I admin a server remotely & I started the server using the command supplied in the readme. Now can some one tell me how I can stop it. I've tried sc_serv stop but this doesnt work.

Would appreciate any help I receive. Thanks.

Brgs

[Jay]

kill <pid>

Where <pid> is the process ID.

if not in the background just do CTRL+C

[radioparadise]

Originally posted by KXRM
kill <pid>

Where <pid> is the process ID.

If you have no idea what a "pid" is, or how to find one, use this command:

kill -9 `ps axw | grep sc_serv | grep -v grep | cut -c1-6`

That will stop all instances of sc_serv on your system. Those are *not* apostrophes (same key as ") - they're the "accent marks" on the same key as ~ - to the left of the "1" key (usually).

[Swiftie]

Thank you very much but I still have a problem.
As any commands that I have tried. With the PID or the solution posted by radioparadise I get an error that says "Operation Not Permitted" Is this a CHMOD error or is it something else?

Brgs

[radioparadise]

Originally posted by Swiftie
Thank you very much but I still have a problem.
As any commands that I have tried. With the PID or the solution posted by radioparadise I get an error that says "Operation Not Permitted" Is this a CHMOD error or is it something else?

Brgs

That would usually mean that you don't own the process you're trying to kill. If you started it as root, you'll need to kill it as root.

[Jay]

kill -9 seems a little harsh to me, it's not advisable to use it, use kill -TERM instead, only use kill -9 as a last resort or if kill -TERM or kill doesn't do it.

Also as another note, if you can't find your pid it will be in your log, it will be the last pid you will find, so search for PID until you can't find it anymore or use ps as suggested above.

[radioparadise]

Originally posted by KXRM
kill -9 seems a little harsh to me, it's not advisable to use it, use kill -TERM instead, only use kill -9 as a last resort or if kill -TERM or kill doesn't do it.

Also as another note, if you can't find your pid it will be in your log, it will be the last pid you will find, so search for PID until you can't find it anymore or use ps as suggested above.

Yeah, you're right, of course. But sc_serv doesn't seem to mind -9 & I use that in my scripts for a definitive kill.

As for looking for the pid in the logfiles, what's the advantage? Easier to put the line I suggested in a file named sc_stop (or whatever). Don't forget to chmod 755.

[Jay]

no advantage, just an FYI.

[Swiftie]

Originally posted by radioparadise
That would usually mean that you don't own the process you're trying to kill. If you started it as root, you'll need to kill it as root.

Thank you very much. Also if I was to set up different configs so that I can have a shoutcast server on different ports do I have to start the service each time I create a config file under a different name or do I just upload a config a file & just restart the service? Because the Readme aint that helpfull and all its says is just to have a something like sc_serv.exe sc_leet.conf

Or would I have to start the proccess as ./sc_serv.exe sc_leet.conf

Brgs

[jackherer]

Originally posted by Swiftie
Thank you very much. Also if I was to set up different configs so that I can have a shoutcast server on different ports do I have to start the service each time I create a config file under a different name or do I just upload a config a file & just restart the service? Because the Readme aint that helpfull and all its says is just to have a something like sc_serv.exe sc_leet.conf

Or would I have to start the proccess as ./sc_serv.exe sc_leet.conf

Brgs

Yes you do need a seperate process for each different port you wish to use.

Yes you should start the different configs using ./sc_serv sc_leet.conf but you leave of the .exe linux executables do not end in .exe and simply have the executable bit set in their permisions. An alternative way to do this is have multiple directories containing different sc_serv.conf files and multiple sc_serv binaries.

[Swiftie]

Originally posted by jackherer
Yes you do need a seperate process for each different port you wish to use.

Yes you should start the different configs using ./sc_serv sc_leet.conf but you leave of the .exe linux executables do not end in .exe and simply have the executable bit set in their permisions. An alternative way to do this is have multiple directories containing different sc_serv.conf files and multiple sc_serv binaries.

Thanx for that, I already have a shoutcast DIR but I'll just do lil sub dir's for any other proccess I need running as u have suggested.
Thanks for ur help.

Brgs