Autoexec.bat in Linux?

sikandar · 08-31-2003, 12:29 PM

I want to run the statment each time I reboot the machine,

mount - t smbfs -o ........................

It works fine but on reboot it just reset so I want to put in the file just like autoexec.bat in the win.

Sorry for giving reference of windows as trying to switch to Linux from windows.

RolledOat · 08-31-2003, 12:39 PM

Simply dump the commands into a script in /usr/bin, with root execute permission and then put a call that executes it in /etc/rc.local like
/usr/bin/mountmysmbshareplease

#!/bin/sh
#
# This script will be executed *after* all the other init scripts.
# You can put your own initialization stuff in here if you don't
# want to do the full Sys V style init stuff.

RO

sikandar · 08-31-2003, 12:43 PM

What should I keep the extension of dump file in which I will place the command?

david_ross · 08-31-2003, 12:45 PM

Put the command at the end of rc.local

You can mount smb sares from /etc/fstab but I have seen people having problems with that.

sikandar · 08-31-2003, 12:51 PM

rc.local is a readonly file so how to write in it?

david_ross · 08-31-2003, 12:59 PM

You need to be logged in as root. Or sur root:
su -

RolledOat · 08-31-2003, 12:59 PM

You have to be root to be able to edit it. Also, you don't need 'execute' extentions in Linux/Unix. The OS detects what is executable without .exe, .bat, etc.

For single commands, put it in there, but for multiple commands, I create a script that is called. I had a friend at work who was having boot problems, and saw that he had added about 2K lines worth of code to his rc.local.

RO

sikandar · 08-31-2003, 01:10 PM

I have created and file,

/usr/bin/share with my mount command

the file privs are -rw-r--r-- I think I have to change these to give execute privs as well. Correct me if I am wrong.

sikandar · 08-31-2003, 01:16 PM

I have assigned execute privs. ok

Now I executed the command twice and when I saw the result by mount command it is showing there twice as well. Now how to remove one from there?

RolledOat · 08-31-2003, 01:25 PM

umount

RO

sikandar · 08-31-2003, 01:30 PM

hahaha
It says that "it seems //sikandar/TEMP is mounted multiple times" so while mounting no check for duplication?
and unmount is not working even I think reboot will remove this.