This also reminds me of postgres SQL server. It is supposed to be started by the postgres super user and not root like most other system tasks. Same idea. On Thu, 25 Oct 2001, Raul A . Gallegos wrote: RG> frankiec at braille.uwo.ca said the following on Wed, Oct 24, 2001 at 08:35:48PM -0400: RG> > What? I think you are greatly mistaken. rc.local is the last init script RG> > that is to be run. If you want things to happen on login you use your own RG> > personal profile which in most cases would be ~username/.bash_profile. If RG> > you want it to take place on system wide logins it belongs in RG> > /etc/profile. But I still don't really understand your question. RG> RG> Mostly. There are times for example if you host mud servers on your RG> host that you would want them to come up in case your server reboots. RG> You normally for example run circle mud server like this RG> RG> nohup ./autorun & RG> RG> The autorun script is the script that runs the circle binary and must RG> be run as the user who owns the mud. However if the server reboots for RG> any reason and you want your game to start automatically you would RG> either have to have a way that it's run automatically from a .bashrc or RG> .profile file which I have not been able to figure out or have it run RG> from rc.local with the su user -c "nohup /home/user/autorun > /dev/null RG> 2>&1 &" RG> RG> Raul A. Gallegos -- Sprint BWG Systems Administration RG> Network Operations Center 9300 Metcalf Ave. Overland Park, KS 66212 RG> Office:913/534.5603 PCS:913/488.3011 RG> mailto:raul.a.gallegos at mail.sprint.com RG> RG> RG> _______________________________________________ RG> Speakup mailing list RG> Speakup at braille.uwo.ca RG> http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup RG>
