you can do it through /etc/rc file. Murtuja ----- Original Message ---- From: mohammed shareef <mdshareef@xxxxxxxxx> To: linux-newbie@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Sent: Wednesday, 25 June, 2008 6:01:49 AM Subject: start-up script and start-up environment variables Dear all, i am new to linux. i want to have a standalone system running linux. when it boots up it should run a "export environment variable" and also run a executable without user intercation. how do i do it? thank you. regards, Shareef -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-newbie" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.linux-learn.org/faqs Get an email ID as yourname@xxxxxxxxx or yourname@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Click here http://in.promos.yahoo.com/address -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-newbie" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.linux-learn.org/faqs