Unfortunately, I don't use the graphical login, so I think I'm at runlevel
3... So the question is still there, why doesn't it work? *shrug*
As for the rc?.d links, the big question, since everyone says yes - do it
here, is which ones should I ensure I do _NOT_ remove for a working system?
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Steven Schramm [SMTP:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
> Sent: Wednesday, May 03, 2000 10:30 AM
> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Subject: Re: I'm confuzzed!
>
> "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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