Ignore the last e-mail about rc.local, it does work if you put your console program there - school boy error. Lloyd > > > 1) Given that I have 2 executables which I wish to run (one in the > > > background) every time on start up (I'm not using X), which file should > I > > > put the commands in? > > > > > > I would normally run my progs at command prompt with: > > > > > > ./LCDd -someargs & > > > ./kecoss > > > > > > These are the only executeables I ever wish the system to run, and I > dont > > > want a to have to type a password as the host will be controlled by > > > numeric > > > keypad. > > > > > > > Put them in /etc/rc.d/rc.local: > > > > %post > > echo "/path/to/executable/LCDd -somearge &" >> /etc/rc.d/rc.local > > echo "/path/to/executable/kecoss" >> /etc/rc.d/rc.local > > These programs did execute, however the second program "kecoss" needs to be > able to take input from the keypad, no matter what I pressed, it did not > respond. Is this because my program is in the background? If so how do I put > it in the foreground (would "exec" do it?)? Or is it because rc.local is run > before the console is, where the input would come from? > > I have just tried putting these scripts in the .bashrc file of root's > directory, "kecoss" executes after I have put my password in, but still does > not take input from keypad like it does if I had loaded it from the console > normally, so is that because it is in the background? Assuming it is in the > background and I manage (somehow) to put it in the foreground, how do > prevent the user having to enter a password to login? > > Somebody said: > > change the /etc/inittab line for tty1 from: > > 1:2345:respawn:/sbin/mingetty tty1 > to: > 1:2345:respawn:/bin/bash tty1 > > but that did not work. > > also: > - Edit out roots password in /etc/shadow > or > - Comment out roots password in /etc/passwd > > But no luck, does anyone have any ideas? > > Regards, > > Lloyd >
