rc.local solves a common problem

DarrenDrapkin · 02-26-2018, 06:31 AM

If you have an unsatisfactory system that needs to have the same mysterious command(s) run every time it boots, try this:-

Find rc.local, its in /etc/rc.d/
open it in an editor, as root
insert the command you want to run, at the end of the file
save it
set its access permissions to be an executable
done it !

Now, the next time you boot you machine it will automatically run the command at the end of the boot process.

jsbjsb001 · 02-26-2018, 06:36 AM

That's not going to apply to a lot of distro's. You would use systemd, if your talking about a lot of mainstream distro's. So that would only apply to *some* distro's.

DarrenDrapkin · 02-26-2018, 01:26 PM

I have been using Slackware so long that I forgot about systemd. Can someone describe the systemd equivalent ?

jsbjsb001 · 02-27-2018, 07:29 AM

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Originally Posted by DarrenDrapkin

I have been using Slackware so long that I forgot about systemd. Can someone describe the systemd equivalent ?

Looks like the best systemd way of doing it, is by creating a systemd "service". You can also enable the "rc.local" systemd service and make your "rc.local" file executable.

https://www.devdungeon.com/content/c...-service-files