On Fri, Aug 19, 2005 at 11:09:09AM +0100, Paul Howarth wrote: > Matthias Bauw wrote: > >hi there, > > > >I have been using fedora linux for quite some time now and I have > >been able to build several software programs from source. But sometimes > >I want that software to start automatically. > > > >Therefore I would like to add those programs to the 'services' in Fedora, > >but I don't see how it is done. > > > >Does anyone know a good tutorial that explains how it all works? > > You need to write an initscript and put it in /etc/rc.d/init.d. You'll > find many examples in that directory. You can then configure the service > to be started automatically (or not) using chkconfig. See "man > chkconfig" for details. > > Paul. I would just like to emphasize that in order for your initscripts to work with chkconfig there are lines that must be inserted in the beginning of the script that makes that possible. Check nay of the existing scripts in /etc/rc.d/init.d to see how that is done. -- ======================================================================= A man with one watch knows what time it is. A man with two watches is never quite sure. ------------------------------------------- Aaron Konstam Computer Science Trinity University telephone: (210)-999-7484
