Simon Buchanan wrote: > Wondering if some one could give me a bit of help :). Just recently > have choosen debian for all our servers over redhat after being a > redhat user for 5 years... > > on redhat there is a /etc/rc.d/rc.local which is handy for adding > 'things_that_you_want_to_run_after_boot'... but in debian (woody) > there is no such option. > > What is the correct method of performing the same task(s) on debian? > > Thanks, Simon
Add your script(s) to the /etc/init.d directory and run update-rc.d Also there is a lot of info like this on qref.sourceforge.net http://qref.sourceforge.net/Debian/reference/ch-system.en.html#s-customb ootscripts And don't forget the Debian Faq: http://www.debian.org/doc/manuals/debian-faq/ch-customizing.en.html#s-cu stombootscripts Regards, Benedict -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]