D-Man wrote:
>
> I haven't done this yet, but I have a feeling that when I finish
> installing Debian I will be playing with the rc?.d scripts.
>
> The scripts are actually symlinks to the real scripts. The symlinks
> have a name like
>
> [KS][0-9][0-9][a-zA-Z]+
>
> The symlinks that start with S are for startup and the ones with K are
> for shutdown. The 2-digit number tells the system which order to run
it is slightly more general, the S* scripts are used when given run
level is entered, K* ones are executed when you leave the run level (you
might have meant the same thing but I thought it might help to clear it
up)
erik
> the scripts. The text after the number is the name of the service.
>
> If you increase the number, it will start later. It would be a good
> idea to read the docs first. There is a program called sysconf or
> some similar name that is used to keep the init system in sync. Check
> the archives or wait for the other gurus to explain it better than me.
>
> HTH,
> -D
>
> On Fri, Dec 22, 2000 at 07:34:39PM +0000, Phillip Deackes wrote:
> > I need to start a script containing ipchains settings derived freom
> > Firestarter. The docs suggest I start the script in /etc/rc.x. If I do
> > this, on boot up I get error messages which do not occur if I run the
> > script after the system has rebooted. This leads me to summise that the
> > script is starting too early. How can I make sure it is the last thing to
> > run on boot up?
> >
> > Anyone else using Firstarter? The script is firewall.sh and contains
> > ipchains references.
> >
> > I can try it again and copy over the error messages I receive on boot, but
> > I don't know how to get these messages again to copy - they appear during
> > boot up but they are not in /var/log/messages or /var/log/system.
> >
> > --
> > Phillip Deackes
> > Using Storm Linux 2000
> >
> >
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