"Burke, Thomas G." wrote:
>
> I'm really confuzzed (pronounce it the way it's spelled) about a couple
> things, here... Could somebody *please* explain to me what the _HECK_ is
> going on here?
>
> 1) Samba doesn't start on system boot up, I have to do it manually. Looked
> into /etc/rc.d/rc?.d, and there are no SXXsmb files. So, I went into rc3.d,
> and created a link to /etc/rc.d/init.d/smb (ln -s /etc/rc.d/init.d/smb
> S35smbTom).... Reboot the machine, and it no workie... I checked the
> permissions, & as far as I can tell, they're identical to every other SXX???
> file in the directory... Whazzup with that?
If you use the graphical login, the default run level is 5. Create in
rc5.d the link you created in rc3.d and you should have no problem.
Check /etc/initttab for a line like the following to determine your
default runlevel:
id:5:initdefault:
>
> 2) Got a preliminary IPCHANS script put together. Interestingly enough,
> when I type "./rc.firewall", the machine comes back & tells me something
> along the lines of "file not found".... I do an ls, and sure enough, the
> file is sitting right there! Doesn't matter if I rename it to something
> else, same crap happens...
>
> 3) Just a question, maybe someone can answer.... is the rcX.d directories
> the best place to ensure that daemons don't run (IE DNS, NFS, or whatever),
> by erasing the SXX??? files, or maybe the actual files they point to in the
> init.d directory, or is there some better (nicer) way of shutting this stuff
> down these days? Also, which ones should I be sure _NOT_ to turn off?
Yes, the rc?.d directories are the place to control the daemons. Simply
move the file from (for example) S45pcmcia to s45pcmcia and it will not
start. In this way, you can easily restore it, if needed.
>
> Thanks all,
>
> Tom Burke
>
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