Re: How to run automatically a script as soon root login

[Erwan David <erwan@rail.eu.org>]

Le 13/05/2024 à 13:48, Mario Marietto a écrit :
> --> If they only want this thing to happen when root logs in directly 
> on a console or ssh, then .profile may indeed be the correct answer.
>
> Yes,I don't need to run xorg and a desktop environment,since warp-cli 
> disconnect and warp-cli connect do not require them.
> I wouldn't to login as root automatically,but I've realized that this 
> command :
>
> echo 1 > /proc/sys/net/ipv4/ip_forward
>
> work only if I'm root. It does not work using sudo. So,in the end I've 
> chosen to be root instead of a normal user that can use sudo.

For this it is sufficient to  use /etc/sysctl.conf

You find in the file shipped by debian


# Uncomment the next line to enable packet forwarding for IPv4
#net.ipv4.ip_forward=1

So you just have to uncomment and it will be done at boot time.


(You have the ipv6 equivalent in the same file, if needed)


--
Erwan David