[SOLVED] help making a script run at boot

steve51184 · 05-16-2012, 09:50 PM

i'm on debian 6 and i've tried adding something like the below quote to my /etc/crontab file but it never starts the script when the server boots/reboots

Quote:

@reboot /path/to/script

all permissions are correct afaik :/

edit got it to work with:

Quote:

@reboot root "/path/to/scrip"

frankbell · 05-17-2012, 08:43 PM

It's the old school answer, but you could put it in /etc/rc.local if you want it to execute on each reboot.

steve51184 · 05-17-2012, 08:53 PM

oh cool didn't know about that... i can just add commands to that right?

em31amit · 05-17-2012, 09:13 PM

/etc/rc.local is not exactly for executing something after reboot. it executes whenever run level changed. so if you switch from run level 5 to 3 it will execute scripts which is mentioned into it.