Re: startup services and rc.d

[Liam O'Toole <liam.p.otoole@gmail.com>]

On Mon, 16 Oct 2006 13:15:44 +0000
Andrew Critchlow <a_critchlow@hotmail.com> wrote:

> Can anyone give me a rundown on how startup scripts work in debian
> and how you would star up services upon system startup etc. Plus what
> are these cmds and their meanings: invoke-rd.d name restart
> /etc/inid.d/name restart
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> What is this init.d?
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> If anyone has any links to a website that would be great?
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> many thanks everyone.

This link will provide you with some answers:

http://www.debian.org/doc/debian-policy/ch-opersys#s-sysvinit

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Liam