by inserting the command to start the "program" in /etc/rc.d/rc.local as the LAST line. by putting it last it will give all the other commands a chance to load too. On Saturday 15 September 2001 13:30, you wrote: > I know this has been asked thousands of times before, but a look > throught the newbie archives doesn't come up with the answer. How do I > set a program to start at boot time? > > Specifically, I would like rp-pppoe (the adsl connection program, > requires root to start), to start and connect me to the internet > whenever any user logs in. Ideally, it would be nice if there was some > sort of popup error message if this fails. > > This is for my mother's computer, later for my grandmother's computer. > I want it to connect to the DSL modem automatically so that they don't > have to worry about su'ing to root and connecting etc. Just login and > start surfing. > > Thanks a bunch! > > -Paul Rodríguez > > > _________________________________________________________ > Do You Yahoo!? > Get your free @yahoo.com address at http://mail.yahoo.com ---------------------------------------- Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1"; name="message.footer" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Content-Description: ----------------------------------------
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