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RE: Location of "/etc/rc.d" directory Debian v RHAT



thank you sir :)

Andrew

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Andrew McRobert LLB B.Sc(Comp. Sci)
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-----Original Message-----
From: kmself@ix.netcom.com [mailto:kmself@ix.netcom.com]
Sent: Friday, August 11, 2000 4:11 PM
To: 'Debian-Users (E-mail)'
Subject: Re: Location of "/etc/rc.d" directory Debian v RHAT


less /etc/init.d/README

On Fri, Aug 11, 2000 at 04:04:47PM +0800, Andrew McRobert wrote:
> 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
>
> -------------------------------------------------
> Andrew McRobert LLB B.Sc(Comp. Sci)
> IT Liaison Officer, School of Law
> MURDOCH UNIVERSITY
> Perth, Western Australia
> Ph: [+61 8 9360 6479]
> Fax: [+61 8 9310 6671]
> e-mail: mcrobert@central.murdoch.edu.au
> "Linux: The Choice of a GNU Generation"
>
>
> -----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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