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I want to write a script/batch file (I am new to Linux so not sure what it should be called) that will start lampp. The command is /opt/lampp/lampp start and it must be executed as root.
I would prefer to have it start at system start-up, but alternatively I could launch it using a script.
open a text file, write the lines, save the file. there, you have a script. you'd probably also want to make it directly executable (chmod +x scriptname). i also assume suse uses /etc/rc.local which you can use to run system wide commands on boot.
No need to "write a script".
Just put that command /opt/lampp/lampp start as the last line of the file /etc/rc.d/rc.local and it will be ecexuted (as root) the next time you boot
HTH
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