will do, 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: Friday, February 02, 2007 2:31 PM Subject: making a script run at debian startup > When you want some script to run at debian startup for all users you put > its command line with path and parameters inside of /etc/rc.d/rc.local and > make /etc/rc.d/rc.local executable once with chmod 755 /etc/rc.d/rc.local. > On a reboot that script will run for anyone logging onto the system from > any account. The .bashrc in the user's home directory once it gets the > path and script name and parameters is already executable and so long as > what you add to it is correct all you need do is to reboot the system. > In that case though .bashrc has to run for that specific user in order for > what you put into .bashrc to run. You don't put .bashrc inside of > /etc/rc.d/rc..local those are intended to do separate kinds of work with > different granularity of services. > > > _______________________________________________ > Speakup mailing list > Speakup at braille.uwo.ca > http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup
