rc.local

Corrado · 05-29-2007, 03:39 PM

I had an entry in /etc/rc.local that kicked off a script.

I later found out that when this script failed, at bootup, it hanged the system.

So, I then commented out the entry in rc.local to have it NOT run at startup.

Well, it still appears to be running at startup.

Is there ANY way that rc.local is STILL starting it even with it being commented out?

Chris

twantrd · 05-29-2007, 03:52 PM

No, if you commented out the script in rc.local, it would not start up. Perhaps you have a symlink to that script somewhere else. I would use the comnand 'locate' and do a complete search for that script name.

-twantrd

Corrado · 05-29-2007, 04:47 PM

This is a mystery. I do not find any links. The script only stops running when it is removed.

twantrd · 05-29-2007, 06:41 PM

Really? Hmm, that is a mystery then. /etc/rc.local should honor comments (#).

-twantrd

slackhack · 05-29-2007, 06:56 PM

how did you comment it? can you post the entry?

Corrado · 05-30-2007, 03:59 PM

Here is the entry...

Quote:

#/usr/local/update/startupdate.pl 1>/dev/null 2>>/usr/local/update/error.log

It's still starting even with the comment.

Is it possible to be working like...

Quote:

#!/usr/bin/bash

Any suggestions?

Chris

Corrado · 05-31-2007, 04:44 PM

Found out what was going on.....

The original entry for the script startup was in

Quote:

/etc/rc.d/rc.local

I made the "#" edit to its symbolic link at

Quote:

/etc/rc.local

After the edit was made the link was broken.

I made the edit with the following..

Quote:

/usr/bin/perl -p -i -e '$var = q(#/usr/local/update/startupdate.pl); s{^/usr/local/update/startupdate.pl} {$var};' /etc/rc.d/rc
.local;

Must have something to do with how Perl substitutes as the reason for the broken link. Any ideas?

Chris