Re: script execution on the machine when its boots

[Rodney Richison <rodney@rcrcomputing.com>]

Brent Clark wrote:

> Hi all
>
> I have a firewall / gateway ruleset that I want excuted when the
> machine needs to reboot.
>
> I placed the script in /etc/network/if-up.d, but I found that on doing
> so, the script did not execute.
>
> Would anyone know how and where I can place my script for execution on
> the machine when its boots up.
>
> Kind Regards
> Brent Clark
>
   1. Execute this command to find your default runlevel:
      cat /etc/inittab | grep initdefault
      You should see a line like this:
      id:2:initdefault:
      That means 2 is your default runlevel. This may also be 3, or
rarely 4 or 5.
   2. Create your rc.local file like this (as root):
      touch /etc/init.d/rc.local
      chmod 774 /etc/init.d/rc.local
      Put the command into the /etc/init.d/rc.local file   

echo hello world

   3. update-rc.d -f rc.local start 99 2 3 4 5 .   
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Highest Regards,

Rodney Richison
RCR Computing
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