Re: init.d: writing custom init-scripts

2001-12-21 Thread Miquel van Smoorenburg
In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, Brian May <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> "Colin" == Colin Watson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > >Colin> In Debian, runlevels 2-5 are identical by default, and >Colin> configuring any differences is left up to the system >Colin> administrator. > >What d

Re: init.d: writing custom init-scripts

2001-12-20 Thread Marc Britten
first off i applogize for sending this by to Sean Perry personally, still learning this new fangled evolution. On Thu, 2001-12-20 at 22:24, Sean 'Shaleh' Perry wrote: > > > it should be :-) Well, it is an x-less station and but to go shure i > > also put the symlinks to runlevels 4,5 and 6 too. >

Re: init.d: writing custom init-scripts

2001-12-20 Thread Sean 'Shaleh' Perry
On 20-Dec-2001 Timo --Blazko-- Boewing wrote: > On Thu, 2001-12-20 at 23:03, Greg Wiley wrote: >> You've probably checked, but is your default runlevel, indeed, 3? > > Hello Greg, > > it should be :-) Well, it is an x-less station and but to go shure i > also put the symlinks to runlevels 4,5 an

Re: init.d: writing custom init-scripts

2001-12-20 Thread Brian May
> "Colin" == Colin Watson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: Colin> In Debian, runlevels 2-5 are identical by default, and Colin> configuring any differences is left up to the system Colin> administrator. What does single user mode mean? I thought if I typed in "telinit s" it should kil

Re: init.d: writing custom init-scripts

2001-12-20 Thread Colin Watson
On Fri, Dec 21, 2001 at 01:05:08AM +0100, Timo --Blazko-- Boewing wrote: > In former years i used SuSE Linux, there have been these runlevels: > > 0:halt > 1:maintenance mode > 2:single user mode > 3:multiusermode, console only > 4:n/a > 5:multiuser w/ X > 6:reboot > >

Re: init.d: writing custom init-scripts

2001-12-20 Thread Timo --Blazko-- Boewing
On Thu, 2001-12-20 at 23:06, Timo --Blazko-- Boewing wrote: Hello, thank you all for your replies! Yes, it was due to runlevel 2!!! I used update-rs.d wich reinstalled the correct symlinks, thanx to MH. In former years i used SuSE Linux, there have been these runlevels: 0: halt 1: mai

Re: init.d: writing custom init-scripts

2001-12-20 Thread Noah Meyerhans
On Thu, Dec 20, 2001 at 11:06:14PM +0100, Timo --Blazko-- Boewing wrote: > > Then, i placed a symlink called S99myscript pointing to the script under > /etc/rc3.d, however, it does not get stalled. The symlink and the script > got the same rights and user/group as all the other ones from sid and m

Re: init.d: writing custom init-scripts

2001-12-20 Thread Greg Wiley
On Thursday, December 20, 2001 2:19 PM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] > it should be :-) Well, it is an x-less station and but to go shure i > also put the symlinks to runlevels 4,5 and 6 too. I just checked a Potato and it defaults to RL 2 . -g

Re: init.d: writing custom init-scripts

2001-12-20 Thread MH
> "Timo" == Timo --Blazko-- Boewing <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: Timo> Hello everyone, i got a simple problem but cannot fint the Timo> cause: i have written a custom bash script (a very simple Timo> one) that should be run on machine startup. I put it under Timo> the common pla

Re: init.d: writing custom init-scripts

2001-12-20 Thread Blake Barnett
Running "runlevel" as root will tell you where you are. I believe 99% of debian boxes are set to 2 by default. On Thu, 2001-12-20 at 15:19, Timo --Blazko-- Boewing wrote: > On Thu, 2001-12-20 at 23:03, Greg Wiley wrote: > > You've probably checked, but is your default runlevel, indeed, 3? > > H

Re: init.d: writing custom init-scripts

2001-12-20 Thread Timo --Blazko-- Boewing
On Thu, 2001-12-20 at 23:03, Greg Wiley wrote: > You've probably checked, but is your default runlevel, indeed, 3? Hello Greg, it should be :-) Well, it is an x-less station and but to go shure i also put the symlinks to runlevels 4,5 and 6 too. Timo

Re: init.d: writing custom init-scripts

2001-12-20 Thread Greg Wiley
On Thursday, December 20, 2001 2:06 PM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > Then, i placed a symlink called S99myscript pointing to the script under > /etc/rc3.d, however, it does not get stalled. The symlink and the script > [...] > When running the script manually as user root, it succeedes, but it is >

init.d: writing custom init-scripts

2001-12-20 Thread Timo --Blazko-- Boewing
Hello everyone, i got a simple problem but cannot fint the cause: i have written a custom bash script (a very simple one) that should be run on machine startup. I put it under the common place /etc/init.d/myscript Then, i placed a symlink called S99myscript pointing to the script under /etc/rc3.d