On Sunday 07 August 2005 15:38, David G. Miller (aka DaveAtFraud) wrote: >dotancohen@xxxxxxxxx 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. > >/etc/rc.d/rc.local is the traditional place for this kind of stuff. > For Red Hat and derivities. Debian and derivitives do not use that mechanism as a default. >Cheers, >Dave -- Cheers, Gene "There are four boxes to be used in defense of liberty: soap, ballot, jury, and ammo. Please use in that order." -Ed Howdershelt (Author) 99.35% setiathome rank, not too shabby for a WV hillbilly Yahoo.com and AOL/TW attorneys please note, additions to the above message by Gene Heskett are: Copyright 2005 by Maurice Eugene Heskett, all rights reserved.
