Linux startup rc.local problem

JackL92 · 06-23-2011, 01:27 AM

I am having big trouble with rc.local on my system.
My system is CentOS 5.5 64X

My default startup is is 3, so rc3.d is where I was looking into.
rc.local with permissions 755.

Inorder to solve the problem I made the following test.
1. No matter how I edit rc.local, it will not be executed, even a copy from other Linux system that runs rc.local fine.

2. All S99 service under rc3.d won't run when S99local is there.

3. All service executed just fine if S99local removed from rc3.d.

4. If I change S99local to S97local, Anything in S97, S98, S99 won't run.

5. I tested rc.local with

Code:

echo "rc.local is executed just fine" >> /root/test.txt

by adding it after "touch /var/lock/subsys/local" [FAILED, test.txt not found after restart]

6. I tried to execute rc.local with

Code:

sh /etc/rc.local

it was SUCCESSFULLY executed without any error, and everything in rc.local runs fine.

Below here is my rc.local

Code:

#!/bin/sh
#
# This script will be executed *after* all the other init scripts.
# You can put your own initialization stuff in here if you don't
# want to do the full Sys V style init stuff.
#
touch /var/lock/subsys/local

echo "rc.local is executed just fine" >> /root/test.txt

I have no idea what is going wrong with my system or my rc.local file. Thank you for helping me!!

lisle2011 · 06-23-2011, 11:38 AM

if rc.local has the executable bit set all it should take to run it would be:

./rc.local

?

JackL92 · 06-23-2011, 06:49 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by lisle2011

if rc.local has the executable bit set all it should take to run it would be:

./rc.local

?

Yea, everything in there runs fine with ./rc.local command.