Re: where is "rc.local"

["Oliver Elphick" <olly@lfix.co.uk>]

Pollywog wrote:
  >I just jumped over to Debian from another distro.  I am trying to find my wa
      >y
  >around, but I cannot find "rc.local", the Debian version of it.
  
All the init scripts go in /etc/init.d; there are symbolic links to them in
the directories /etc/rc[S0-6].d (where [S0-6] corresponds to the new runlevel
being entered).  Create a local script in /etc/init.d and make appropriate
symbolic links to it in /etc/rc[S0-6].d   See the man page for init for
an explanation of runlevels.

  >Also, I have a newer Exim package to install, but I cannot figure out how to
  >get dselect to install from /usr/src

dselect installs .deb files from a list in a Packages.gz file.  If you
don't have a Packages.gz file, use

  dpkg -i package1.deb package2.deb ...

to install specific packages.

  
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