Missing /sbin in PATH and troubleshoting *nix scripts not functioning

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/sbin was not in the path so things like ifconfig used in *nix apps

$SPLUNK_HOME/etc/apps/unix/bin/interfaces.sh is not reporting throughpout data.

I tried Manager » Server controls Restart Splunk.

Will I have to restart the process itself to get it to recognize /sbin is now in the PATH?

Also, how can I more easily figure out when some *nix script is not working properly?

Thanks

Answer 1

So each script calls common.sh

In common.sh we added

if [ $# -ge 1 -a "x$1" = "x--debug" ] ; then
        DEBUG=1
        TEE_DEST=`dirname $0`/debug--`basename $0`--`date | sed 's/ /_/g;s/:/-/g'`
else
        DEBUG=0
        TEE_DEST=/dev/null
fi

##########Add this

    DEBUG=1
    TEE_DEST=`dirname $0`/debug--`basename $0`--`date | sed 's/ /_/g;s/:/-/g'`

##########End Add

which created a debug file (for each script being run) and within
debug--interfaces.sh--* we saw ifconfig command not found.

We ultimately stopped/restarted the splunk service and the new PATH got picked up.

Missing /sbin in PATH and troubleshoting *nix scripts not functioning

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