run command evertime linux starts up
 

I need to run the command
ifconfig eth1:1 67.20.159.164 netmask 0.0.0.0
and
ping -i 3 -I 67.20.159.164 192.168.100.1

everytime Linux starts
this is for my IPcop linux router box but the distro should'nt matter

thanks alot!

well, i don't know if this will help, but i learned a trick with kde: if you leave a program open when you end your session, then it will start up next time you log in again

what donuts do u like?

I dont run any X sessions or KDE
my box has no gui

why, don't you just pop them in the start section of your networking daemon? open /etc/init.d/network and look for the start) part then insert the code making sure not to put it between if and fi.
there are other ways too.
cd /etc/rc.d
edit the rc.local file
and insert code
and save

wolfe

then, what's with the name?

Ok wolfe2554, thanks, i'll try

Well I only prefer not to have a gui on my servers and things that dont really need them, and slow them down, like my webserver and my router, there isnt a need for a gui if you dont need it :)

sorry I recommend that you use the rc.local file to run it.

If you are not very tight for disk space, installing X windows and a lightweight windows manager shouldn't hurt. Just have your server boot up into init level 3. When you want to run a gui application, enter 'init 5' ( Note: A few distro's use run level 4 for xwindows )

Is X-windows (run level 5) needed on remote server to run a GUI program remotely?
 

My response came up when loading live-bookmarks in Firefox, and I had a related thought, which others may be able to answer. Doesn't one need x-windows running on a server to be able to ssh into a server and use a program in the local gui. Ssh will run the program on the server with the DISPLAY variable of 'localhost:0,10'. How about if one remotely runs a program on the server without ssh with a display variable, or -display option, of '<remotehost>:0.0'. Is it possible to run a program remotely then, if the remote computer isn't running x-windows. In other words, when the local computer is the X-Windows server, does a program on the remote host need to be running X-windows in order for the application to be the client. Remember that the client-host relationship using x-windows is reversed with the terminal that person is using being the server, and the server-computer is running the client-application.

I hope this post is related enough to the original. I'm not trying to hijack the post. I'ts just that someone with similar thoughts as GUIPenguin may want to consider this.