about the FAQ and /etc/init.d
While trying to decide on the most logical place to start my IP-Masquerading rules, I checked the faq for wisdom. Placing a script in /etc/init.d and then working out what numeric argument to pass to update-rc.d seemed to be the best bet. Answer 11.3 states that scripts in /etc/init.d all take an argument which can be either 'start', 'stop', or 'reload'Implementing my IP-Masq rules don't really require a start, stop or reload argument so would I be better off starting them in some other way/location ? Would the IP-Masq rules be best started from /etc/ppp/ip-up ? -- John Spence [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.lynx.net.au/~jspence -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word unsubscribe to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . Trouble? e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] .
Re: about the FAQ and /etc/init.d
On Tue, 17 Feb 1998, John Spence wrote: While trying to decide on the most logical place to start my IP-Masquerading rules, I checked the faq for wisdom. Placing a script in /etc/init.d and then working out what numeric argument to pass to update-rc.d seemed to be the best bet. Answer 11.3 states that scripts in /etc/init.d all take an argument which can be either 'start', 'stop', or 'reload'Implementing my IP-Masq rules don't really require a start, stop or reload argument so would I be better off starting them in some other way/location ? Would the IP-Masq rules be best started from /etc/ppp/ip-up ? I use a script in /etc/rc.boot which is run automatically on boot. I guess ip-up would do, but I think it's better to set all that sort of stuff up on boot up. I think there is a default setserial one that you could look at... even though there is not much to look at :) (am I right to say it is a default?) Michael Beattie ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) --- Bother, said Pooh, as he heard, Will the Defendant please rise. --- Debian GNU/Linux Ooohh You are missing out! -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word unsubscribe to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . Trouble? e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] .
Re: about the FAQ and /etc/init.d
Would the IP-Masq rules be best started from /etc/ppp/ip-up ? I use a script in /etc/rc.boot which is run automatically on boot. I guess ip-up would do, but I think it's better to set all that sort of stuff up on boot up. I think there is a default setserial one that you could look at... even though there is not much to look at :) (am I right to say it is a default?) I ended up creating a script in /etc/init.d which implements the IPMasq rules fine at startup. I think what led to this was that most of the references I've seen to startup scripts were about /etc/rc.local on other distributions and the Deb FAQ equates rc.local questions with /etc/init.d It did seem like overkill though as I hadn't even thought about placing a script in /etc/rc.boot One interesting point was the update-rc.d command line I used which was update-rc.d jmasq defaults 19 Using defaults was supposed to add symlinks for runlevels 2 to 5 but the output of the command was the following which seems to indicate that it did more than that. I assume that each of the following directories is for a specific runlevel: Adding system startup links pointing to /etc/init.d/jmasq ... rc2.d/S19jmasq - ../init.d/jmasq rc3.d/S19jmasq - ../init.d/jmasq rc4.d/S19jmasq - ../init.d/jmasq rc5.d/S19jmasq - ../init.d/jmasq rc0.d/K19jmasq - ../init.d/jmasq rc1.d/K19jmasq - ../init.d/jmasq rc6.d/K19jmasq - ../init.d/jmasq -- John Spence [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.lynx.net.au/~jspence -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word unsubscribe to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . Trouble? e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] .
Re: about the FAQ and /etc/init.d
At 00:36 +1030 1998-02-18, John Spence wrote: Using defaults was supposed to add symlinks for runlevels 2 to 5 but the output of the command was the following which seems to indicate that it did more than that. I assume that each of the following directories is for a specific runlevel: Adding system startup links pointing to /etc/init.d/jmasq ... rc2.d/S19jmasq - ../init.d/jmasq rc3.d/S19jmasq - ../init.d/jmasq rc4.d/S19jmasq - ../init.d/jmasq rc5.d/S19jmasq - ../init.d/jmasq rc0.d/K19jmasq - ../init.d/jmasq rc1.d/K19jmasq - ../init.d/jmasq rc6.d/K19jmasq - ../init.d/jmasq S* means, execute with the argument start; K* means, execute with the argument stop; so, runlevels 2-5 will start the script, and runlevels 0, 1, and 6 will stop it. -- Joel Espy Klecker Debian GNU/Linux Developermailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.espy.org/http://www.debian.org/ -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word unsubscribe to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . Trouble? e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] .
Re: about the FAQ and /etc/init.d
Adding system startup links pointing to /etc/init.d/jmasq ... rc2.d/S19jmasq - ../init.d/jmasq rc3.d/S19jmasq - ../init.d/jmasq rc4.d/S19jmasq - ../init.d/jmasq rc5.d/S19jmasq - ../init.d/jmasq rc0.d/K19jmasq - ../init.d/jmasq rc1.d/K19jmasq - ../init.d/jmasq rc6.d/K19jmasq - ../init.d/jmasq S* means, execute with the argument start; K* means, execute with the argument stop; so, runlevels 2-5 will start the script, and runlevels 0, 1, and 6 will stop it. AH! It makes sense now, thanks. So I'd better mimick some of the other scripts and add start/stop parameters or move it to /etc/rc.boot/ -- John Spence [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.lynx.net.au/~jspence -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word unsubscribe to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . Trouble? e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] .
