Re: SysV Init
In your /etc directory there are a number of directorys called rcN.d where 'N' is a number indicating the runlevel. In each of those directorys there are a number of symbolic links which point to scripts (usually in /etc/init.d/ - at least that's where i keep them) which start with either 'S' or 'K' which indicate whether it will be started or killed and a number which indicates which order it is run in. Also, I believe there is a common way to write the scripts which allow you to pass either start,stop,restart (or maybe some others) which will allow the symbolic links to operate properly (for being started and stopped anyway). I'm not positive about that though. Does someone wanna elaborate on this Leonard Leblanc - Original Message - From: Stephen Robertson [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: debian-user@lists.debian.org Sent: Friday, February 02, 2001 4:13 PM Subject: SysV Init I'm fairly new to Debian and still learning the system. What is the accepted method of configuring which services are stopped and started in each run level, and how can I add my own commands to the Init scripts. RedHat provided a file called rc.local for adding user commands. Is there a similar method in Debian? -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: SysV Init
Hi, The scripts are stored in /etc/init.d Each runlevel has its own directory e.g. /etc/rc0.d, /etc/rc1.d etc. In the runlevel dirs there are a load of symlinks to the scripts in /etc/init.d. The format of the filename is: Sxxscriptname to run a script with the start argument when entering the level Kxxscriptnameto run a script with the stop argument when entering leaving the level xx is a number which tells init which order to run the links, lowest first, scriptname is the name of the script in /etc/init.d, I don't believe that matching the name is a requirement as I think that init only cares about the first three chars, just common sense for administration. Jim p.s. Please cc me in on a reply as well as the list Stephen Robertson wrote: I'm fairly new to Debian and still learning the system. What is the accepted method of configuring which services are stopped and started in each run level, and how can I add my own commands to the Init scripts. RedHat provided a file called rc.local for adding user commands. Is there a similar method in Debian?
RE: SysV Init
On 03-Feb-2001 Stephen Robertson wrote: I'm fairly new to Debian and still learning the system. What is the accepted method of configuring which services are stopped and started in each run level, and how can I add my own commands to the Init scripts. RedHat provided a file called rc.local for adding user commands. Is there a similar method in Debian? man update-rc.d You need to add a /etc/init.d/local script. Debian does not ship one. As for what starts and stops, debian basically assumes you live in run level 3. If you install a package, it gets run at boot. uninstall things you do not want. Another choice is to added configuration to /etc/defaults/foo and make /etc/init.d/foo read that file. update-rc.d can reassign boot priorities and what runlevels what gets run at.
