starting applications at boot time

jogurt666 · 01-20-2004, 02:00 AM

as far as i remember in RedHat there was a file called /etc/rc.local where i wrote commands to be executed during the boot time. there is no such a file in Debian, so how do i execute commands during the boot time

Strike · 01-20-2004, 07:58 AM

Create init scripts for them. Put them in /etc/init.d. Use update-rc.d to add your init script to the runlevels you want at the priority you want.

jogurt666 · 01-20-2004, 12:46 PM

so i just have to create /etc/init.d/xxx script and after that update-rc.d. since i'm not familiar with shell scripts, tell me, should i insert desired command in that xxx file?

eaglegst · 01-20-2004, 11:55 PM

yes, I suppose you have to learn some shell language if you really want to create your own startup script. /etc/init.d/xxx is where the actual script is located on Debian. You got anything particular to run during startup? As far as I know, Debian handles those services and their startup scripts pretty well.

jogurt666 · 01-21-2004, 03:39 AM

well my ADSL modem doesn't synchronizes on system startup, so i need to synchronize it manually, and than connect manually. that's rather strange i suppose when after logging in as a normal users i have to type su, do do the rest ^^.