RE: Question from a neophyte... Why isn't rc.local being read?

2000-08-22 Thread Johan Kruger
Make sure it's not commented out in rc # Run rc.devfs if readable to customize devfs # if [ -r /etc/rc.devfs ]; then sh /etc/rc.devfs fi # Do traditional (but rather obsolete) rc.local file if it exists. If you # use this file and want to make it programmatic, source /etc/defaults/rc.co

Re: Question from a neophyte... Why isn't rc.local being read?

2000-08-21 Thread Ben Smithurst
Michael Lucas wrote: > rc.local is deprecated. Drop a shell script in /usr/local/etc/rc.d Not really. Some of us prefer to have commands to start things in one nice list in /etc/rc.local, rather than loads of separate shell scripts in /usr/local/etc/rc.d. There's no reason I can see for rc.lo

Re: Question from a neophyte... Why isn't rc.local being read?

2000-08-21 Thread Michael Lucas
Gordon, This sort of question is better suited to [EMAIL PROTECTED] than [EMAIL PROTECTED] In the future, please ask there first. rc.local is deprecated. Drop a shell script in /usr/local/etc/rc.d ==ml The short answer > I've added startup commands to /etc/rc.local on my 3.4 Stable machine.