/etc/rc.local WTF?

[Jeffrey Utter]

The rc.local file is in /etc/rc.d which get's listed in the ls but isn't
acctually in the /etc dir...

I think...  hope it helps.. 

Jeff U.


On Wed, 18 Oct 2000, Cory Spitz wrote:

> Hey, I'm running Mandrake 7.0 and am pretty stumped.  What the heck does
> this mean?
> 
> # cat /etc/rc.local
> cat: /etc/rc.local: No such file or directory
> # ls /etc/rc.local
> ls: /etc/rc.local: No such file or directory
> # ls /etc/rc.*
> init.d/  rc.firewall  rc.modules*  rc0.d/  rc2.d/  rc4.d/  rc6.d/
> rc*      rc.local*    rc.sysinit*  rc1.d/  rc3.d/  rc5.d/
> 
> What is this?  Is Mandrake 'hiding' the file from me? It's permisions
> are:
> 
> -rwxr-xr-x    1 root     root         1430 Sep  5 09:04 rc.local*
> 
> 
> 
> BTW, I installed Debian (potato) on my home PC last night and I do say
> that apt-get rocks!   Now, can I install my ISA AWE64 sound card without
> compiling a kernel?  I looked up a HOW-TO and it said I did, but it
> looked kind of old.  I didn't have to do that when I ran RedHat 6.2.
> Thanks.
> 
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