Hi,

at the moment, I am trying to learn upstart and can't get around a basic problem. To monitor what my job definitions are doing, I would like to see text output from the jobs. That does not seem to be possible when I am logged on via SSH.

Currently, I am having this problem with Natty 11.04, but I am convinced that it is a more common one. Probably I just don't know about some important, yet very basic, fact.

A simple job file I use (filename /etc/init/test.conf):

description "test"
start on test
console owner
kill timeout 5
task
script
  /bin/echo Gotcha...
end script

My goal is to see the text "Gotcha..." when doing "initctl emit test" or "initctl start test". But that does not work.

What I have tried so far:

• "console output" instead of "console owner"
• "exec /bin/echo Gotcha..." instead of script...end script

I am grateful for any advice.

Thank you very much,

Binarus