On Sun, Jan 27, 2002 at 05:53:00PM -0600, Sean Foy wrote: > Suppose I want to modify a kernel parameter, such as SEMOPM. > I: > su > cat /proc/sys/kernel/sem > And see: > 250 32000 32 128 > So I: > echo 250 32000 100 128 > /proc/sys/kernel/sem > Great, until the next reboot. If I had an old kernel, I'd have to modify > some source and recompile the kernel. These days I understand the > preferred method is to put this echo command in an "init script" > someplace. Can anyone clarify this more for me? Should I put this in my > rc.local?
That would be the appropriate place on a Redhat system I believe (I am not familiar enough with Mandrake, but I would guess the same). On a Debian system, I would put it in the rcS.d directory. The "S" runlevel runs exactly one time when the computer starts. I just made a /etc/init.d/local script with exactly the kind of stuff you describe and then linked it to /etc/rcS.d/S99local. Some other systems would probably be similar (the filenames may actually be more like /etc/rc.d/init.d/local and /etc/rc.d/rcS.d/S99local depending on how your system is set up). -- Don Bindner <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
