On Sun, Aug 13, 2000 at 06:16:14AM +0930, David Purton wrote: > > What is the correct way to get a non-packaged daemon (ie on I've compiled > from source) to start on startup like the packages with an entry in > /etc/init.d? > > Can I just add a file to here that does what I want? > > What about the rc.x directories? Copy and modify /etc/init.d/skeleton to match your daemon requirements. You'll want to add appropriate S**foo and K**foo scripts under /etc/rc?.d See the /etc/init.d/README file for details and further references. You can update rc?.d options with the /usr/sbin/update-rc.d script. -- Karsten M. Self <kmself@ix.netcom.com> http://www.netcom.com/~kmself Evangelist, Opensales, Inc. http://www.opensales.org What part of "Gestalt" don't you understand? Debian GNU/Linux rocks! http://gestalt-system.sourceforge.net/ K5: http://www.kuro5hin.org GPG fingerprint: F932 8B25 5FDD 2528 D595 DC61 3847 889F 55F2 B9B0
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