[GLLUG] adding init scripts to runlevels suse 9.3

Caleb Cushing xenoterracide at gmail.com
Fri Jun 30 15:46:42 EDT 2006


thx guys... learn something new everyday.

On 6/30/06, Lachniet, Mark <mlachniet at sequoianet.com> wrote:
>
>  One thing I've noticed on my SuSE linux boxes since 9.x is that the init
> files tend to work strangely - like they don't have enough privileges or
> something.  If you make a NEW init file, even if you load it up with 'su'
> commands, set paths and all that, they just don't seem to run properly.  So,
> FWIW, be warned that even when you DO get your symlinks working, your new RC
> file might act weird.  Of course I've been too lazy to actually determine
> what the problem is, so I'd love to hear if anyone knows.
>
>  Mark Lachniet
>
> ------------------------------
> *From:* Alec Warner
> *Sent:* Fri 6/30/2006 9:22 AM
> *To:* Caleb Cushing
> *Cc:* Linux User
> *Subject:* Re: [GLLUG] adding init scripts to runlevels suse 9.3
>
> Caleb Cushing wrote:
> > I've been trying to figure out how to make some init scripts run on run
> > level 3 by default. in gentoo it would be
> >
> > # rc-update add <scriptname> default
> >
> > but I have no Idea how to do it in suse. the online docs I found weren't
> > exactly helpful. appreciate the help.
>
> rc-update is merely a script that makes symlinks.
>
> Typically you have a directory called /etc/rc.d/ which contains a set of
> runlevels [0-6] and sometimes s.
>
> So take a sneaky peaky in there if you have one; you are either
> symlinking or adding things to a file usually (SYS V or BSD).
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