Script running on startup (Linux)

FirebarUK · 6 Nov 2006 at 23:56

Hey all,

Whats the easiest way to run a really simply script on startup in Linux? I've made a little one to bring up some virtual ethernet devices, all the guides on the web seem to conflict with each other :S

Ta

ingouk · 7 Nov 2006 at 07:45

i usually put the scripts i want to run a t startup into /etc/rc.d/rc.local

hope that helps

ingo

FirebarUK · 7 Nov 2006 at 08:54

Thats great, seems the general consensus too. Thanks

Dj_Jestar · 7 Nov 2006 at 08:58

on Gentoo it is either rc.d or init.d

FirebarUK · 7 Nov 2006 at 09:23

I have the follow in the rc.local file;

/root/myscript

Is that all I need to do? doesn't seem to run.
I've done a chmod +x on it ....

M0KUJ1N · 7 Nov 2006 at 12:50

One of the reasons there is so much varied and conflicting information on the internet is that each distro seems to do this slightly differently.
So, which distro are you currently running?

Una · 7 Nov 2006 at 13:14

FirebarUK said:
I have the follow in the rc.local file;

/root/myscript

Is that all I need to do? doesn't seem to run.
I've done a chmod +x on it ....

What distro you using?

Dj_Jestar · 7 Nov 2006 at 14:28

/me points to his signature..

within your script, do you have the correct heading pointing to the shell you wish to execute the script?

e.g.:

Code:

#!/bin/bash

FirebarUK · 7 Nov 2006 at 23:19

Hi,

Sorry this is using Centos, so RedHat.

Edit - Yep correct shell, on closer inspections it seems like the problem may be to do with udev. Thanks for your tips, I'll have a tinker and see what happens, can't try it until next week anyhow.