How do I make a script run at boot?

ToothlessRebel · 03-28-2005, 10:03 PM

How would I make a script on the machine run at boot?

/bin/bash · 03-28-2005, 10:07 PM

With slack you just put the script in /etc/rc.d directory and make it executable.

Joey.Dale · 03-28-2005, 10:51 PM

Also you could call it from rc.local:

Code:

echo "/path/to/foo.sh >> /etc/rc.d/rc.local

-Joey

vimal · 03-29-2005, 02:26 AM

you just write the script and place it in /etc/rc.d/rcX.d.
the X denotes the runlevel . also give it exec: permission for root. thats all

Joey.Dale · 03-29-2005, 07:23 AM

Quote:

you just write the script and place it in /etc/rc.d/rcX.d.
the X denotes the runlevel . also give it exec: permission for root. thats all

Slackware uses BSD style init scripts, Redhat uses SystemV style scripts. So in slackware, the two answers before youur are correct.

-Joey

ToothlessRebel · 03-29-2005, 08:44 PM

Just a thank you.

/bin/bash · 04-01-2005, 06:05 AM

Here is a good explanation of the boot process for Slackware.
Slackware Linux 101

gfreire · 04-15-2005, 02:26 PM

how about in Suse 9.2 i need to create a simple script that runs at boot so it can configure my wireless.

ToothlessRebel · 04-27-2005, 12:30 AM

Umm, I wrote a script and placed it in /bin so that I may type "start-teamspeak" and it run the script to start a teamspeak server. However, if I add the line "start-teamspeak" to the file rc.local, it doesn't start the process at boot. What could I be doing wrong? Yes, the command works when not called by rc.local.

bdox · 04-27-2005, 01:46 AM

try
/bin/start-teamspeak
in rc.local