On 8/7/05, Steven Stern <subscribed-lists@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > Dotan Cohen wrote: > > Simple question: how do I start a script that must be run as root at > > boot? I've been googleing and I came across chkconfig, but I don't > > want to mess with it for the first time alone. > > > > I've also poked around in MARC for "running script startup" on the > > fedora-list and others. The only thing that seemed relevant was a post > > for SUSE where the following was suggested: > > ln -s /usr/sbin/myscript /etc/init.d/rc3.d/S99myscript > > > > Is this relevant for FC4 as well? Thanks. > > > > Dotan Cohen > > http://lyricslist.com/lyrics/artist_albums/202/fleetwood_mac.php > > Fleetwood Mac Song Lyrics > > > > Run the script from root's crontab > > @reboot /path/to/my/script > > Steve I just went googleing with what you wrote, and didn't come up with anything. In other words, nowhere has this ever been suggested (so far as google knows). I will try it, though. Just so that I won't have to reboot the computer three times: will this cause the script to start only on the next reboot, or on all reboots? Thanks. Dotan Cohen http://lyricslist.com/lyrics/artist_albums/3/xtc.php Xtc Song Lyrics
