Hi,

I have an application running under Fedora Core 2.
This application is designed to communicate with another platform.
To run properly, this application needs several global variables to be set (IP address of destination platform).
My variable has the form
REMOTECPU=aaa.bbb.ccc.ddd (IP address)
MYCPU=aaa.bbb.ccc.ddd (IP address)

When I logon, set the global variables and start the application, everything runs fine.

For security reasons and to have it always ready (i.e. after a power failure), I would like the application start automatically at Linux boot WITHOUT having to logon.

I found how to start my daemon automatically (putting my application in /etc/rc.local) and it starts, but id does not communicate with my REMOTECPU because the global variables are not set.

I also tried to set my variables into /etc/bashrc and when I logon, the application works fine. BUT I have to logon and I do not want to do that.

Does someone out there have a solution to my problem (set global variables WITHOUT logging).

Thanxs

RX100

bashrc is only started when the bash shell is started, and this only happens when a user who uses the bash shell logs in (defined in the passwd file)

isn't there a way to set these cpu settings in the application itself?

I think i get what you're saying ... here's what you do: just write a bash script that runs your program and sets your variables and then put it in rc.local.

if you don't know how to do this, it's quite simple

make a file like this:

make that file and name it whatever, then save that in rc.local...

then do a "chmod 755 file_name" to make it executable.

Hi,

I created the /etc/rc.local with the settings of the variables and the start of the application in it and it does want I want (be operational without having to logon).

With accurate help like this coming at speed of light, you can jump into Linux with no fear.

Thanx a lot.

RX100