Experimenting with cosmetic improvements to outputs from OpenRC service (rc-service) commands in TrueOS

2016-12-15 trueos rc-service cosmetics.txt

$ sudo service wpa_supplicant restart
Password:
wpa_supplicant       |   wpa_supplicant.wlan0 | * WARNING: wpa_supplicant.wlan0 is already started [ !  ]
$ service network.wlan0 status
 * status: started
$ sudo service network.wlan0 stop
Password:
network.wlan0        | * caching service dependencies                                              [ ok ]
network.wlan0        |   dhcpcd.wlan0         | * stopping DHCP Client Daemon (wlan0) ...          [ ok ]
network.wlan0        |   wpa_supplicant.wlan0 | * stopping wpa_supplicant (wlan0) ...              [ ok ]
$ service network.wlan0 status
$ sudo service network.wlan0 start
network.wlan0        | * caching service dependencies ...                                          [ ok ]
$ drill
Error: error sending query: Error creating socket
$ sudo service wpa_supplicant.wlan0 start
wpa_supplicant.wlan0 | * starting WPA supplicant for wlan0 ...
wpa_supplicant.wlan0 |   WPA supplicant started
wpa_supplicant.wlan0 |   wlan0: ERROR: failed to initialize driver interface
wpa_supplicant.wlan0 | * start-stop-daemon: failed to start '/usr/local/sbin/wpa_supplicant'       [ !! ]
wpa_supplicant.wlan0 | * ERROR: wpa_supplicant.wlan0 failed to start
$ sudo service wpa_supplicant.wlan0 restart
wpa_supplicant.wlan0 | * starting WPA supplicant for wlan0 ...
wpa_supplicant.wlan0 |   WPA supplicant started
wpa_supplicant.wlan0 |   wlan0: ERROR: failed to initialize driver interface
wpa_supplicant.wlan0 | * start-stop-daemon: failed to start '/usr/local/sbin/wpa_supplicant'       [ !! ]
wpa_supplicant.wlan0 | * ERROR: wpa_supplicant.wlan0 failed to start
$ sudo service network restart
network              | * WARNING: stopping a boot service                                          [ !  ]
vboxnet              | * stopping vboxnet ...
sysadm               | * stopping SysAdm Server (WebSocket) ...
netmount             | * unmounting network file systems ...
sshd                 | * stopping sshd ...                                                         [ ok ]
network              | * stopping network ...
network              |   network.lo0         | * caching service dependencies ...                  [ ok ]
network              | * starting network services ...
network              |   network.em0         | * caching service dependencies ...                  [ ok ]
network              |   network.em0         | * starting network (em0) ...                        [ ok ]
network              |   network.lo0         | * starting network (lo0) ...                        [ ok ]
network              | * wlan0 created
netmount             | * mounting network file systems ...
vboxnet              | * starting vboxnet ...                                                      [ ok ]
sshd                 | * checking sshd configuration …
sshd                 | * starting sshd ...
sysadm               | * starting SysAdm Server (WebSocket) ...                                    [ ok ]

$ service network.wlan0 status
 * status: started
$ sudo service wpa_supplicant.wlan0 start
wpa_supplicant.wlan0 | * starting WPA supplicant for wlan0 ...
wpa_supplicant.wlan0 |   WPA supplicant started                                                    [ ok ]
$ sudo service dhcpcd.wlan0 start
dhcpcd.wlan0         | * starting DHCP client daemon for wlan0 ...                                 [ ok ]
$ 

# mock-up to be compared with 
# http://pastebin.com/raw/1QSsmCVU which originated from 
# https://gist.github.com/grahamperrin/fa83b973a150eed0aaea60f9455e8973