The ideal way to run a script at boot?

brynjarh · 12-12-2004, 11:56 AM

I have few commands that need to be exectured at boot, it can not be exectued when switching from init levels and it needs to be exectudet by root. What would be the ideal way to do this?

The commands that need to be exectued are:

Code:

route del default
route add -net fjoltengi netmask 255.255.255.255 gateway 10.9.12.1 eth0
pptp fjoltengi name einstein2 lock defaultroute noipdefault nobsdcomp nodeflate novj noaccomp nopcomp noauth debug

The first two lines fix my routing so it is currect, if there is any other way to change how the routing is defined at boot then please tell, and then the third line is to connect to the internet.

Any help would be much apresiated.

/bin/bash · 12-13-2004, 06:21 AM

You should be able to put that in the Debian equivalent of the /etc/rc.d/rc.local file, but I don't know what that file would be.

zuralin · 12-13-2004, 10:51 AM

Quote:

Originally posted by /bin/bash
You should be able to put that in the Debian equivalent of the /etc/rc.d/rc.local file, but I don't know what that file would be.

There isn't one. Look into using update-rc.d and make your own.

# man update-rc.d

m_yates · 12-13-2004, 02:42 PM

This page describes creating a Debian rc.local equivalent: http://www.desktop-linux.net/debian-rclocal.htm

NetSnake · 12-13-2004, 11:44 PM

You can write a shell script yourself at /etc/init.d/, and create a link from it to /etc/rc2.d
with a S??<script_name>.
Look out /etc/init.d/ and /etc/rc?.d, you will know what are we doing.