Autostarting services on boot

explorer · 01-26-2005, 02:34 PM

I would like for httpd, mysql and samba to start automatically on boot. As a temporary measure, I have added startup lines for each one to the /etc/rc.d/rc.local file which does seem to work, but I know there is a better way to do this. Anyone want to give me an example or two of where and how to do this the right way ? Thanks !

acid_kewpie · 01-26-2005, 04:46 PM

i've long forgotten how to do it "nicely" in a gui.. but the real way is to just create a symlink from /etc/init.d/rc.d/mysql (for example) to /etc/init.d/rc3.d/S70mysql (for example again) which will load mysql in position 70 on runlevel 3. note that the exact location of rc.d and similar directories changes from distro to distro, might just be /etc/rc.d for example.

mjmwired · 01-28-2005, 10:06 PM

Remove the lines from rc.local. The nice (correct) way is to use either 'serviceconf' or 'chkconfig'.

From the shell:
# chkconfig --level 35 smb on
# chkconfig --level 35 httpd on
# chkconfig --level 35 mysql on

(An example for samba I wrote)

hmc · 01-30-2005, 03:10 AM

Hi,

In support of mjmwired: use chkconfig. Simple and easy. No messing with links in /etc/rc.d

If you need a service that does not come with built in chkconfig support, it is easier to manually add the support (you know, see how its done in the other /etc/init.d/* scripts) than messing around with the links!!!