2006/2/1, Chris Robinson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > BackupPC is working well. I just need to know how to start it on power up. > > I have put the script into /etc/init.d but it does not work probably > because it need to run as a user.
Hi, Try this one (from my Debian system): #! /bin/sh # /etc/init.d/backuppc # # BackupPC Debian init script # set -e # Do not change the values below ! Read /usr/share/doc/backuppc/README.Debian ! BINDIR=/usr/share/backuppc/bin DATADIR=/var/lib/backuppc USER=backuppc # NAME=backuppc DAEMON=BackupPC test -x $BINDIR/$DAEMON || exit 0 case "$1" in start) echo -n "Starting $NAME: " start-stop-daemon --start --pidfile $DATADIR/log/BackupPC.pid \ -c $USER --exec $BINDIR/$DAEMON -- -d echo "ok." ;; stop) echo -n "Stopping $NAME: " start-stop-daemon --stop --pidfile $DATADIR/log/BackupPC.pid -u $USER \ --oknodo --retry 30 echo "ok." ;; restart) echo -n "Restarting $NAME: " start-stop-daemon --stop --pidfile $DATADIR/log/BackupPC.pid -u $USER \ --oknodo --retry 30 start-stop-daemon --start --pidfile $DATADIR/log/BackupPC.pid \ -c $USER --exec $BINDIR/$DAEMON -- -d echo "ok." ;; reload|force-reload) echo "Reloading $NAME configuration files" start-stop-daemon --stop --pidfile $DATADIR/log/BackupPC.pid \ --signal 1 ;; *) echo "Usage: /etc/init.d/$NAME {start|stop|restart|reload}" exit 1 ;; esac exit 0 #EOF chmod 755 /etc/init.d/backuppc chown root:root /etc/init.d/backuppc -- Vincent ------------------------------------------------------- This SF.net email is sponsored by: Splunk Inc. Do you grep through log files for problems? Stop! Download the new AJAX search engine that makes searching your log files as easy as surfing the web. DOWNLOAD SPLUNK! http://sel.as-us.falkag.net/sel?cmd=lnk&kid3432&bid#0486&dat1642 _______________________________________________ BackupPC-users mailing list BackupPC-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/backuppc-users http://backuppc.sourceforge.net/