Run scripts at openbox poweroff and reboot

SSDnoob · 11-20-2011, 11:10 AM

my setup;Fedora 16 gnome installation, open box installed upon gnome works stand alone and gets fired up from GDM

#bash_logout
First tried the bash_logout as any sane linux user would, turns out gdm2 work without a login shell so bash_logout/login is worthless.

#rc0.d
Second I went ahed and done chkconfig -add myscript and `chkconfig myscript on -level 06`. But my script didn't got executed.

#gdm postsession
Lastly I went into /etc/gdm/PostSession/Default and added /home/asd/myscript.sh into it. Still nothing! I change my script with a test (`mkdir /home/asd/executed`) still nothing. I than realized gdm config was empty and added `PostSessionScriptDir=/etc/gdm/PostSession/` ;

Code:

[root@localhost mbp]# cat /etc/gdm/custom.conf
# GDM configuration storage

[daemon]
PostSessionScriptDir=/etc/gdm/PostSession/
[security]

[xdmcp]

[greeter]

[chooser]

[debug]

Still nothing! Please help, I'm pretty lost

sag47 · 11-21-2011, 08:53 PM

Openbox has nothing to do with Gnome so gdm wouldn't do anything.

You need to put the script /etc/rc.d/init.d/. It needs to be a proper service script which can be run with...

Code:

service xyz start
service xyz stop

You should soft symlink your /etc/rc.d/init.d/ script (ln -s) into /etc/rc.d/rc0.d/ for the system halt and /etc/rc.d/rc6.d/ for the system restart. Numbering it will give it a priority compared to the other S* and K* scripts. If the symlink starts with an 'S' then it will start the service (or execute a function) by way of "service xyz start". If the symlink starts with a 'K' then the service will be issued a stop command (i.e. "service xyz stop").

The question is, why? Why do you want to run a script at shutdown or reboot?

And before blindly implementing my suggestion which simply gives you an overview of the process you should really do research into the Linux init process and how it pertains to your system. chkconfig does something similar.

SAM