How to run a program as root on startup in debian wheezy?

skilo47 · 01-10-2014, 11:10 AM

I have a small program written in C for checking disk information and i would like it to run on startup everytime the machine boots.

My program requires sudo to run so im guessing i need to make it start with root privileges.

schneidz · 01-10-2014, 11:12 AM

for the system to do it automatically, i would put it in /etc/rc.local.
for the user to do it once logged in you can put it in ~/.bash_profile.
some newer distros support a @reboot directive in the users crontab.

skilo47 · 01-10-2014, 11:20 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by schneidz

for the system to do it automatically, i would put it in /etc/rc.local.
for the user to do it once logged in you can put it in ~/.bash_profile.
some newer distros support a @reboot directive in the users crontab.

So i don't need to make a startup script or anything? Just put the program in /etc/rc.local and it should run as root?