RE: Location of "/etc/rc.d" directory Debian v RHAT
many thanks mate. Excuse my ignorance, but what are the rcN.d directories
for? (I know about init.d, no so much about rc0.d etc.)
cheers
Andrew
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-----Original Message-----
From: kmself@ix.netcom.com [mailto:kmself@ix.netcom.com]
Sent: Friday, August 11, 2000 3:51 PM
To: Debian-Users (E-mail)
Subject: Re: Location of "/etc/rc.d" directory Debian v RHAT
On Fri, Aug 11, 2000 at 03:46:21PM +0800, Andrew McRobert wrote:
> hi all
>
> I'm trying to install a Rhat RPM (HP's "OpenMail") on a Debian system
here.
> A bunch of files in "openmail-core-6.0.5-8.tar" need to go in the
> "/etc/rc.d" directory under Rhat ---> Under the Debian file hierarchy,
> there's the following directories in /etc: rc0.d, rc1.d, rc2.d, rc3.d,
rc4.d
> & rc5.d (ie. no "rc.d").
>
> Is there any danger in creating the "/etc/rc.d" directory and storing the
> relevant files from the RPM there?
/etc/rc.d is a RedHat-ism which is going away, IIUC, in the current/next
release of RedHat.
The location of the init directories rc<number>.d and init.d do *not*
matter to the software package. They *do* matter to the system which
finds and executes startup and shutdown scripts.
Install the scripts and links in /etc/init.d and /etc/rc<number>.d under
Debian.
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