Programs execute at startup
 

Hey,

When my computer boots up I want a program (actually 3 programs) to be run by the root in the background. I have a shell script that starts all of them and now right after boot I have to login as root on one of my terminals and run it (then stay logged into that terminal). Is there a way to have this done at boot time, and without having to remain logged in as root?

Thanks
Greg

Sure, the most simple solution would be that you put that script in /etc/init.d and symlink to it in rcX.d, X being the runlevels.
Or just locate the rc.local file and put the lines there, all the entries will be started after everything else, so right before you login.

In slackware edit /etc/rc.d/init.S or init.M files.

In slackware you could use the /etc/rc.d/rc.local file to start up anything, but then againg I'm not shure what distro you are using. With Red Hat and other distros the boot files and/or proces is a little bit different. Consult distribution manuals for more information.

Figa

RedHat and compatible distro's have the /etc/rc.d/rc.local file too.
Of you could exand your scripts and put them in the runlevel files like I said in my first post.

I tried that already, the program in question needs to be running while the computer is on (like httpd, etc). When I put it in the rc.local file it ends up hanging the system, though its not really a hang because the program does execute, and I had to use interactive startup mode to skip it.

It's probably somethign wrong with my program? Do I need to add something to make it run as a deamon?

Thanks!
Greg