On Sat, Jun 10, 2000 at 07:51:28AM -0700, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > Thanks > On Sat, Jun 10, 2000 at 02:41:46PM -0700, kmself@ix.netcom.com wrote: > > On Sat, Jun 10, 2000 at 10:37:56AM -0700, Bob Nielsen wrote: > > > On Sat, Jun 10, 2000 at 09:54:06AM -0700, Jay Kelly wrote: > > > > Good Morning Group, > > > > I want to have a firewall script I made to start automatically after > > > > booting. The file has permission 755 and is in my /etc/init.d folder. > > > > What > > > > will I need to do to make this script start and run at bootup? > > > > > man update-rc.d > > > > To amplify slightly: > > > > - /etc/init.d is where startup scripts "live". > > > > - The rc?.d directories are where specific init levels find their > > kill and start scripts, which are linked to a script in /etc/init.d > > Eg: > > /etc/rc0.d > > /etc/rc1.d > > /etc/rc2.d > > /etc/rc3.d > > /etc/rc4.d > > /etc/rc5.d > > /etc/rc6.d > > /etc/rcS.d > > > > update-rc.d is one mechanism for updating rc files. > >
> Thanks for the help. Real quick question. I want to make fetchmailrc > run at boot up but the file is in /home/$user. How will I make it start > at boot up so my system will look for mail ? <rant degree="mild"> Once quoting order (new follows/leads original material) has been established, please follow it. Skipping forward and back in a post is annoying at best, confusing or misleading at worst. </rant> @reboot in a crontab file specifies scripts to run at boottime. fetchmail is a user-run process, it isn't generally run as root or systemwide, and can cause problems if it is. -- Karsten M. Self <kmself@ix.netcom.com> http://www.netcom.com/~kmself Evangelist, Opensales, Inc. http://www.opensales.org What part of "Gestalt" don't you understand? Debian GNU/Linux rocks! http://gestalt-system.sourceforge.net/ K5: http://www.kuro5hin.org GPG fingerprint: F932 8B25 5FDD 2528 D595 DC61 3847 889F 55F2 B9B0
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