synlink

liamtse · 07-04-2002, 11:11 AM

What I did:

#vi /etc/initd.d/file_abc
then edit something in it.
#ln -s /etc/initd.d/file_abc /etc/rc5.d/Sabc
then reboot.

Then I `ls -l` to list the /etc and /etc/initd.d/. The file_abc and Sabc are flashing in red color! (That mean broken link?). I still can `cat /etc/rc5.d/Sabc` to read the content of file_abc.

I've deleted the softlink Sabc and reboot, still flashing...

What can I do? Thanks!

pickledbeans · 07-04-2002, 11:36 AM

What distro are you using?

ls -l /etc |grep rc

Is /etc/rc5.d a synlink to another directory?
If so you are trying to create a synlink to a synlink

liamtse · 07-05-2002, 11:49 AM

In red hat 7.2:

/etc/rc5.d -> /etc/rc.d/rc5.d

Those files in /etc/rc.d/rc5.d are also symlinks too, link to the files in /etc/initd.d/

I created a file in initd.d and made a symlink in /etc/rc.d/rc5.d pointing to it.

pickledbeans · 07-05-2002, 11:57 AM

Bingo!!

RedHat, Mandrake ( everyone except Slack) use
System V style init scripts. RH also add a couple of "enhancements" of it own? RH also has a tool ckconfig to
assist in creating and maintaining init links.
But in general you want a "S" and a "K" script to start
and stop the process.

acid_kewpie · 07-05-2002, 12:00 PM

well that's not addressing the actual problem is it? they have a working syMlink that is still flashing red yes? they already do have an S at the start, assuming that abc is actually just replacing a number on the post here.

pickledbeans · 07-05-2002, 12:17 PM

Please post the script form /etc/rc/init.d

Are you saying the link in /etc/rc.d/rc5.d in blinking?
If you type /etc/rc.d/rc5.d/SxxName what error do you get?

What is the exact nam of the script in /etc/init.d
and what is the exact name of the "S" link in /etc/rc.d/rc5.d?

pickledbeans · 07-05-2002, 01:02 PM

OOPS, I forgot to ask, do you boot to a graphic login or
a shell login?

liamtse · 07-07-2002, 10:42 AM

I add the script:
dhcpcd -k
into:
/etc/init.d/dhcp

I add a link:
ln -s /etc/init.d/dhcp /etc/rc5.d/K78dhcp

I boot to KDE.

That's all I did. What can I do to repair the 'blinking' symlinks? Thanks!

pickledbeans · 07-07-2002, 10:57 AM

First use an existing script in /etc/init.d as a modle. You should have only
one dhcp script and it should contain start:|stop statements, then use
chkconfig to manage init processes here the RH man page:"
http://www.redhat.com/docs/manuals/l...chkconfig.html

A couple of always when writing scripts:
1. Always start scripts with a "shebang" #!/bin/sh or #!/bin/bash
2. Aways use compete path to commands

You could also just put it in rc.local?