[SOLVED] How do I make a program run on startup (and as a root)
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How do I make a program run on startup (and as a root)
I've been working on setting up a Teamspeak server for a couple days now, with no problems. My problem is that if the computer shuts down (power outage) I have to keep re-running the program manually and was wanting a script or program that would run automatically on start-up that would run a specific program as a root. (The program I'm trying to run is called "ts3server_minimal_runscript.sh")
Thanks
Edit: (I'm using Linux Mint 18.1 Cinnamon edition)
Last edited by PancakePutin; 06-27-2017 at 10:12 PM.
You will need to add to the init system of your distribution. Have you tried looking at the website for Teamspeak? They probably would have this as an option in the doco.
Looks like you are on a systemd based system. From what I can see a service file should have come with the installation.
So depending on if there is or not:
Frankbell, other people had suggested that also, but i can't seem to find the rc.local folder anywhere (even in the etc folder).
rc.local is just a file, not a directory. On Mint, it is usually an executable file in /etc. Ok, if you can't find it there, try looking in /etc/init.d
You can add a few lines of code to call your TeamSpeak script at the end of rc.local.
aragron2101, I found rc.local in the init.d folder. (I know how stupid this sounds) What lines of code could I add to make it work? (the location of the file is "/home/hp/usr/bin/teammspeak3-server_linux_amd64/ts3server_minimal_runscript.sh")
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