Re: customizing scripts /etc/init.d
On Sun, Jun 25, 2006 at 07:06:31PM -0400, cga2000 wrote: On Sun, Jun 25, 2006 at 11:52:15AM EDT, Dave Kuhlman wrote: On Sat, Jun 24, 2006 at 02:23:32PM -0400, cga2000 wrote: Is there a Debian way to modify startup scripts? Changes might include: deactivating automatic startup of a given daemon.. changing the daemon's running options.. adding a new script.. etc. Additionally, is the debian bootup process documented anywhere? Take a look here: http://www.debian.org/doc/manuals/reference/ch-system.en.html#s-boot Short.. and to the point..! In the meantime I briefly reviewed the scripts and all in all I find the way it's done in debian a lot clearer than the way it's done in RedHat. As far as I can tell there is really nothing particular about debian. If I need to change anything I should edit the scripts.. rename the links in /etc/rc?.d/ .. add my stuff to /etc/init.d/ etc. Hopefully my changes won't be overwritten when I upgrade. Well yes, they might be overwritten. Hopefully, apt-get will warn you before doing so. I don't believe I've modified init scripts on my Ubuntu/Debian systems, so I don't know whether apt-get upgrade or something similar will over-write them. But, on my Gentoo system, I have. And, they will possibly be replaced, although Gentoo's package manager (Portage) warned me before doing so. In my case, I was able to move my new stuff to a separate script and then add that new script to the boot process. I don't know your needs, but if possible, you're best off if you create a new script of your own, rather than modifying an existing script, and add your new script to the appropriate run levels. Debian makes that easy to do. You probably already found the following link from the above link, but just in case ... http://www.debian.org/doc/debian-policy/ch-opersys#s-sysvinit This link shows how to use update-rc.d to add your new script to the default run levels. Dave -- Dave Kuhlman http://www.rexx.com/~dkuhlman -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Problems with PPP on boot
On Mon, Jun 26, 2006 at 06:39:25PM +0200, Tomaz Solc wrote: -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Hi everyone I have a server running Sarge that is connected to the internet through PPPoE (I have a DSL line). I'm running several services, including DNS (bind 8.4.6-1) and ntpd. When machine boots, it seems that sometimes daemons will start before pppd manages to establish a connection. For some services like Apache this presents no problem. But Bind and NTP will not listen for connections coming from the internet, because the ppp0 network device didn't exist when they were starting. This is quite a problem, because the machine is crippled after a reboot until I manually restart Bind and NTP. I have my PPP connection configured in /etc/network/interfaces like this: auto ppp0 iface ppp0 inet ppp pre-up ifconfig eth1 up post-up waitfor ppp0 30 post-down ifconfig eth1 down provider dsl-provider-2.4 waitfor is a script that waits for ppp0 device to become available. This was one of my failed attempts to try to halt the boot process until the internet connection is established. My understanding is that the init scripts (in /etc/init.d/) are run in sequence and that the two-digit number in the names of the symbolic links in /etc/rc1.d/, /etc/rc2.d/, etc determines the order in which the scripts in /etc/init.d/ are run. For example, S13gdm would be started before S14ppp. Take a look at these: http://www.debian.org/doc/manuals/reference/ch-system.en.html#s-boot http://www.debian.org/doc/debian-policy/ch-opersys#s-sysvinit http://www.debian.org/doc/debian-policy/ch-opersys#s-/etc/init.d And, by the way, using Debian tools such as update-rc.d will help you manage those symbolic links. I use RoaringPenguin PPPoE, so I have my own init script (one I wrote; OK, I copied another script in /etc/init./ and made minor modifications), which brings up the PPPoE link and starts my firewall script. In your case, is Bind being started by an init script in /etc/init.d/? If so, perhaps you could add a new init script that brings up the PPPoE connection. Then, using update-rc.d, add the symbolic links to your script with a number that causes your PPPoE init script to be run before the Bind init script and any others that require the PPPoE link. Did I understand your problem correctly? Dave [snip] -- Dave Kuhlman http://www.rexx.com/~dkuhlman -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: customizing scripts /etc/init.d
On Sat, Jun 24, 2006 at 02:23:32PM -0400, cga2000 wrote: Is there a Debian way to modify startup scripts? Changes might include: deactivating automatic startup of a given daemon.. changing the daemon's running options.. adding a new script.. etc. Additionally, is the debian bootup process documented anywhere? Take a look here: http://www.debian.org/doc/manuals/reference/ch-system.en.html#s-boot Dave -- Dave Kuhlman http://www.rexx.com/~dkuhlman -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Re: Repost-No Response-Fwd: Another APT Issue-Where Are The Linux-Images
On Sat, Jun 17, 2006 at 05:22:56PM -0500, Leonard Chatagnier wrote: Allen wrote: Why do you care what is in the cache file? If you have apt-cache installed, then you use `apt-cache search $package` to find $package_regex, and if you use aptitude, you can do this to download but install it: `aptitide -d install $package_name` (latter need to be as root). Not totally sure what your point is. I have many times did apt-get, aptitude and wajig updates, upgrades, dist-upgrades, installs, removes and purges. I'm certainly no Debian linux expert, if anyone is. I don't know what regex is unless it means regular expresson. apt-cache search didn't find it. You may be telling me that I can download and install a package with aptitude -d install ... but I don't know what that Package Name is unless I see it in a cache file or somewheres. I'm willing to be enlightened as after 2 yrs with Debian linux I'm just beginning to know that I don't know anything about it. So go ahead fire away and enlighten me. I usually learn something everytime I post or read the list. Other responses in this thread give good suggestions for searching for packages. But, suppose your question is something like: What package contains file or application xyz? In effect, you are saying: I need file/app xyz? What package do I need to install in order to get it? If that is your question, then here is one thing you might try. Go to: http://www.debian.org/distrib/packages and click on Search the contents of packages, then search for that file by name. Dave -- Dave Kuhlman http://www.rexx.com/~dkuhlman -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
