Startupscripts in gentoo

zWaR · 03-13-2006, 08:04 AM

Hy.

How can i simply add a command like mysql.server start or apachectl start into one of gentoo scripts? I read about gentoo startup scripts and took a look at them and they're nothing i'm used to it (i'm a slack user). Is there something like rc.local, where i could put this directives in and they'd be executed at last?

Thanx for help!

oneandoneis2 · 03-13-2006, 10:08 AM

Usually you get a startup script installed along with the package. Are you sure you don't have them already?

zWaR · 03-13-2006, 10:33 AM

Gentoo's startup scripts are in the /etc/ folder, if it's that what you mean and i have also startup scripts for mysql and apache. My problem is, i'd like to add startup directives for e.g. mysql and apache into the linux startup-script, to be started at boot time. On Slackware i simply add e.g.:

Code:

mysql.server start

into the /etc/rc.d/rc.local script. Slackware has this script just for additional system administration directives like the below one. Red hat and fedora use a similar philosophy, but gentoo is really different. I'm not sure if it'll work adding this directives (like the below one) to a custom written script located in /etc/init.d and linked from /etc/runlevels/default (my runlevel name is default). Yes, i could try out various settings, reboot the computer and i'll sooner or later come to the right conclusion, but the problem is, the computer i am working with is thousands of km away from me, so i don't have the opportunity to boot from CD, if i do something wrong...

Maybe, i'm completely wrong and Gentoo has a totaly different procedure of adding directives to be executed at startup?

gruven · 03-14-2006, 01:24 PM

In Gentoo, this is all you have to do.

Code:

rc-update add 'service name' default

So, if you wanted to add mysql to your default runlevel, then you would:

Code:

rc-update add mysql default

I think you can handle the rest. All it does really is create a symlink in the correct runlevel directory, but it is a nice tool to use. Then you can type:

Code:

rc-status

to make sure your services are running.

You may want to make sure of the name of the service first, by typing

Code:

ls /etc/init.d/

That should do what you want.

zWaR · 03-27-2006, 01:06 PM

Gruven, thank you very much, that's i was looking for!!!

gruven · 03-28-2006, 07:13 PM

No problem. That is what I am here for.