> bootup or runlevel change. S means start it if entering the runlevel, > K means stop (kill) it when leaving the runlevel. Actually the K scripts mean to KILL (stop) the service when entering the RunLevel as well... most of the K scripts are in rc6.d and rc0.d (reboot and shutdown respectively) Tommy --On Saturday, October 19, 2002 02:21:59 +0200 Martin Stricker <shugal@gmx.de> wrote: > Jason wrote: >> >> Hmm, I just slid up to my coworkers RH8 system and think I figured it >> out. I just tried copying irda to irda2 in /etc/init.d and it did not >> show up in the list of services. But I then linked it in >> /etc/rc.d/rc3.d as S91irda2 and it showed up fine. Linking it as >> just irda2 didnt work. I imagine from what I've seen you have to >> link it as [S/K]XXyyyyyy in order for the services program to 'see' >> it. > > That's because such a filename is needed to start/stop that service at > bootup or runlevel change. S means start it if entering the runlevel, > K means stop (kill) it when leaving the runlevel. The two-digit number > determines the execution order, 00 is first, 99 is last. This is > important if a service depends on another (i. e. bring up the network > interface before starting the network servers). Any filename that does > not comply to this naming scheme will be ignored by init (man init for > more information), and thus service does the right thing by ignoring it > as well. > > Best regards, > Martin Stricker > -- > Homepage: http://www.martin-stricker.de/ > Linux Migration Project: http://www.linux-migration.org/ > Red Hat Linux 7.3 for low memory: http://www.rule-project.org/ > Registered Linux user #210635: http://counter.li.org/ > > > > -- > Psyche-list mailing list > Psyche-list@redhat.com > https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/psyche-list -- Tommy McNeely -- Tommy.McNeely@Sun.COM Sun Microsystems - IT Ops - Broomfield Campus Support Phone: x50888 / 303-464-4888 -- Fax: 720-566-3168 -- Psyche-list mailing list Psyche-list@redhat.com https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/psyche-list
