I guess you answered your own question then, huh?

The man above with the formatting corrections fixed it for me. I dont know who he is.

Just so you don't mistrust so much, Piter Punk is one of the foremost and longest standing contributors to Slackware. Search nearly any Slack Changelog for his name and you'll see what I mean.

So is editting this file the right thing to do? It seems like I'm hacking up a system file, and I shuold maybe be approaching it differtnyl, whats the usualy course of action for adding you own slackware services?

There's nothig wrong with modifying that file. That's what's it for. Myself, I find it easier to just:

chmod 644 /etc/rc.d/rc.ut2004ded

if I want to disable it on bootup.

chmod 755 /etc/rc.d/rc.ut2004ded

if I want it to start on bootup.

There is no right or wrong way to do it. As long as your happy with it, then who cares? You could even start the service by putting this in rc.alsa:

/etc/rc.d/rc.ut2004ded start

While that's not the "proper" way to do it, again, who cares? It'll still start....

You can also take it one step further. I do many such "tweaks" to stock slackware scripts. It's a pain in the but every time I install slackware to change all those files again. So, I'll explode package on the original package, make my modifications, package it back up, make a new ISO with the new package included and then burn a new disk.

That way, once I'm done installing, I have no tweaks to perform. It's already setup just the way I like it.

Impressive.

As for the post before your last, if I were to put a script in rc.d, and chmod it -x, it would automaically start on bootup (even if I didnt edit the setup file?)

Exactally.

Look at the for loop again in /var/log/setup/setup.services... That's all that script does. The for loop at the bottom is the meat of the script and the rest is just dialog fluff. IMO, it's actually quicker to open a terminal and use chmod than it is to do it thru pkgtool....

On a side note, the only way this exectable/non-exectable rc system works is if you enclose your startup command in an if then statement. So, if your using /etc/rc.d/rc.local to fire your script up, then use this in rc.local:
or put that towards the end of rc.M... Doesn't matter what script you use. They are both appropriate places to start your UT server.

Yeah just chmoding the file seems to set well with me over editing the file, even though it worked. Regardless, thank you for your insight.

Making comments about "forum nazis" and snide remarks about PiterPunk are not good ways of endearing yourself to the people most qualified to help you here.

So your saying people shouldn't be allowed to make jokes in the Subject line, IN THE SLACKWARE SECTION? Are you crazy? Fuck em if they can't take a joke.

You need to chill out man. Comments about nazi's are uncalled for whether joking or not. People don't appreciate it, especially if they're jewish. Use your head. Swearing is best left out of the forums as well. This is a public place, some common sense and tact is called for.

I ignored it and continued to help but I think you'll find any future help around here hard to come by unless you make some adjustments.

But you have to admit, the dog bit certainly got the thread rolling!