--- Andrew Critchlow <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Can anyone give me a rundown on how startup scripts > work in debian and how you would star up services > upon system startup etc. Plus what are these cmds > and their meanings: > > invoke-rd.d name restart > /etc/inid.d/name restart > > What is this init.d? > > > > > If anyone has any links to a website that would be > great? > > > > > many thanks everyone. Do you mean invoke-rc.d? You can read it on its manual or in http://www.annodex.net/cgi-bin/man/man2html?invoke-rc.d+8 In simpler a explanation, both invoke-rc.d or /etc/init.d are used to invoke services on Linux. The example you've picked, `invoke-rd.d name restart` and `/etc/inid.d/name restart` are used to restart one of Linux Services or Daemons. Further, as you know, Linux has seven (0 - 6) run-level. Everytime you change run-level, Linux has to invoke some of their services or daemons. Linux does it by running some scripts. You can see the scripts in /etc/init.d/. These scripts is symbolic linked in /etc/rcx.d, where x is the run-level. You might see some number in symbolic links name. It refers to the priority. And the first letter (S or K) stands for Start or Kill the services or daemons. I hope this will help you understand the matter. __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
