Start Linux Programs Upon Booting - ie Windows' Startup?
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Start Linux Programs Upon Booting - ie Windows' Startup?
In windows you can put all sorts of programs into a "startup" folder, and they all run automatically when windows boots up. Is there some similar function for linux? If it's a distro-specific type issue, I'm using mandrake 10.0
and append your instructions to the end of it. Before I do this type of thing I make a backup of the file ie
cp rc.local rc.local.save
You can also put programs to be run in
/etc/inittab
If you look at it you will see the idear. Be careful makeing bad changes could make your system not boot or run properly.
You need to be root to do this
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