new daemon

zoran119 · 11-18-2008, 05:09 AM

Hi, I have installed mpd (music player daemon) and wanted to check if what I'm planning to do is ok.

Now, the mpd package has put /etc/rc.d/rc.mpd in for me, but just making it executable was not enough to make it start.

Having a look through the scripts, this is my solution:

Add this to rc.M

Code:

if [ -x /etc/rc.d/rc.mpd ]; then
  /etc/rc.d/rc.mpd start
fi

Add this to rc.0

Code:

if [ -x /etc/rc.d/rc.mpd ]; then
  /etc/rc.d/rc.mpd stop
fi

Is this the best way of doing what I want?

vladmihaisima · 11-18-2008, 05:26 AM

This depends on the distrubution. On Fedora you can use "chkconfig". On Gentoo you can use "rc-update". Please specify distribution if you want more info...

rg3 · 11-18-2008, 05:27 AM

I'd put the starting block inside rc.local, and either ommit the stop block if it's fine, or put it inside rc.local_shutdown.

zoran119 · 11-18-2008, 05:39 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by rg3

I'd put the starting block inside rc.local, and either ommit the stop block if it's fine, or put it inside rc.local_shutdown.

That is much better than hacking at the rc.M and rc.0.

Thank you!