ss-server doesn't start with init-scripts when obfs-server enabled in config

[epizza]

Please answer these questions before submitting your issue. Thanks!

What version of shadowsocks-libev are you using?

2.6.2

What operating system are you using?

Ubuntu 14.04.5 LTS

What did you do?

service shadowsocks-libev start

What did you expect to see?

ss-server run

What did you see instead?

Jan 16 13:03:26 hk-az /usr/bin/ss-server[54702]: using tcp fast open
Jan 16 13:03:26 hk-az /usr/bin/ss-server[54702]: onetime authentication enabled
Jan 16 13:03:26 hk-az /usr/bin/ss-server[54702]: plugin "obfs-server" enabled
Jan 16 13:03:26 hk-az /usr/bin/ss-server[54702]: UDP relay enabled
Jan 16 13:03:26 hk-az /usr/bin/ss-server[54702]: initializing ciphers... chacha20
Jan 16 13:03:26 hk-az /usr/bin/ss-server[54702]: tcp port reuse enabled
Jan 16 13:03:26 hk-az /usr/bin/ss-server[54702]: tcp server listening at 127.0.0.1:21535
Jan 16 13:03:26 hk-az /usr/bin/ss-server[54702]: udp port reuse enabled
Jan 16 13:03:26 hk-az /usr/bin/ss-server[54702]: udp server listening at 0.0.0.0:1234
Jan 16 13:03:26 hk-az /usr/bin/ss-server[54702]: running from root user
Jan 16 13:03:26 hk-az /usr/bin/ss-server[54702]: plugin service exit unexpectedly
Jan 16 13:03:26 hk-az /usr/bin/ss-server[54702]: closed gracefully

root@hk-az:~# ss-server -c /etc/shadowsocks-libev/config.json.bak -v
 2017-01-16 13:12:06 INFO: using tcp fast open
 2017-01-16 13:12:06 INFO: onetime authentication enabled
 2017-01-16 13:12:06 INFO: plugin "obfs-server" enabled
 2017-01-16 13:12:06 INFO: UDP relay enabled
 2017-01-16 13:12:06 INFO: initializing ciphers... chacha20
 2017-01-16 13:12:06 INFO: tcp port reuse enabled
 2017-01-16 13:12:06 INFO: tcp server listening at 127.0.0.1:18699
 2017-01-16 13:12:06 INFO: udp port reuse enabled
 2017-01-16 13:12:06 INFO: udp server listening at 0.0.0.0:1234
 2017-01-16 13:12:06 INFO: running from root user
 2017-01-16 13:12:06 [simple-obfs] INFO: obfuscating enabled
 2017-01-16 13:12:06 [simple-obfs] INFO: tcp port reuse enabled
 2017-01-16 13:12:06 [simple-obfs] INFO: listening at 0.0.0.0:1234
 2017-01-16 13:12:06 [simple-obfs] INFO: running from root user

What is your config in detail (with all sensitive info masked)?

{
    "server": "0.0.0.0",
    "server_port": 1234,
    "password": "password",
    "local_address": "127.0.0.1",
    "local_port": 4321,
    "timeout": 3600,
    "method": "chacha20",
    "auth": true,
    "fast_open": true,
    "mode": "tcp_and_udp",
    "plugin": "obfs-server",
    "plugin_opts": "obfs=http"
}

[madeye]

Could you run which obfs-server? Please make sure obfs-server located at /usr/bin/.

[epizza]

OK I get it, thank you.

root@hk-az:~# which obfs-server
/usr/local/bin/obfs-server
root@hk-az:~# ln -s /usr/local/bin/obfs-server /usr/bin
root@hk-az:~# service shadowsocks-libev restart
root@hk-az:~# cat /var/log/syslog

Jan 16 13:35:19 hk-az /usr/bin/ss-server[56375]: using tcp fast open
Jan 16 13:35:19 hk-az /usr/bin/ss-server[56375]: onetime authentication enabled
Jan 16 13:35:19 hk-az /usr/bin/ss-server[56375]: plugin "obfs-server" enabled
Jan 16 13:35:19 hk-az /usr/bin/ss-server[56375]: UDP relay enabled
Jan 16 13:35:19 hk-az /usr/bin/ss-server[56375]: initializing ciphers... chacha20
Jan 16 13:35:19 hk-az /usr/bin/ss-server[56375]: tcp port reuse enabled
Jan 16 13:35:19 hk-az /usr/bin/ss-server[56375]: tcp server listening at 127.0.0.1:61361
Jan 16 13:35:19 hk-az /usr/bin/ss-server[56375]: udp port reuse enabled
Jan 16 13:35:19 hk-az /usr/bin/ss-server[56375]: udp server listening at 0.0.0.0:1443
Jan 16 13:35:19 hk-az /usr/bin/ss-server[56375]: running from root user

[whudwl]

saved my day.