Rodney Richison wrote: > >Brent Clark wrote: > >>Hi all >> >>I have a firewall / gateway ruleset that I want excuted when the >>machine needs to reboot. >> >>I placed the script in /etc/network/if-up.d, but I found that on doing >>so, the script did not execute. >> >>Would anyone know how and where I can place my script for execution on >>the machine when its boots up. >> >>Kind Regards >>Brent Clark >> > 1. Execute this command to find your default runlevel: > cat /etc/inittab | grep initdefault > You should see a line like this: > id:2:initdefault: > That means 2 is your default runlevel. This may also be 3, or >rarely 4 or 5. > 2. Create your rc.local file like this (as root): > touch /etc/init.d/rc.local > chmod 774 /etc/init.d/rc.local > Put the command into the /etc/init.d/rc.local file > >echo hello world > > 3. update-rc.d -f rc.local start 99 2 3 4 5 . ># Note - you must leave the period in with a space before it. >
If the script is a firewall / gateway rule set, you might find it easier and potentially more secure to add to the interface in /etc/network/interfaces a post-up command to run the script, eg: auto eth0 iface eth0 inet static address 192.168.0.1 netmask 255.255.255.0 network 192.168.0.0 broadcast 192.168.0.255 post-up /full/path/to/firewall.gateway.ruleset.script Potentially more secure as it activates the firewall straight after bringing up the interface, rather than a few seconds later :) Regards Hagakure -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
