Hello, I got everything, but got lost at bashrc. Do I put the scripts in there, and then run /home/user/.bashrc from the rc.local script? Thanks, Tyler Littlefield Shaned.net customer support and server administrator. Unlimited horizons head coder. check out our website: tysplace.homelinux.net msn: compgeek134 at hotmail.com aim: st8amnd2005 skype: st8amnd127 ----- Original Message ----- From: Jude DaShiell <jdashiel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> To: <speakup at braille.uwo.ca> Sent: Thursday, February 01, 2007 5:48 PM Subject: re: making a script start on debian > If you don't already have it create /etc/rc.d/rc.local with #!/bin/sh as > first line and you could put the path to the script and name of the script > along with any command line arguments on a single line in > /etc/rc.d/rc.local then make rc.local executable chmod 755 > /etc/rc.d/rc.local and that way you don't have to mess with the way debian > starts scripts in /etc/init.d. If the rc.d directory isn't yet there you > can create it with mkdir /etc/rc.d. Installing certain packages from the > debian repositories will get you an rc.local file too. To run an > executable as a certain user, that user will have to log in. In that case > in the user's home directory edit .bashrc and put the scripts you want to > run inside of that file. Binaries on the system if they're to be held > separate from the upgrade process can be put into /usr/local/bin and then > run from that directory. The /usr/local/src directory is where you can > unpack source code to build packages and keep it out of the root > directory. > > _______________________________________________ > Speakup mailing list > Speakup at braille.uwo.ca > http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup
