On Thu, 2002-12-05 at 13:31, Harry Putnam wrote: > Pretty sure I recall being able to put an init script in > /etc/rc.d/init.d and then that script would be seen by such tools as > chkconfig setup ntsysv would see it and be be able to setup the > symlink. > > That doesn't seem to work for me now. [snip] I seem to recall a this come up on this list before. From memory you have to do a couple of things. You have to put a link to /etc/rc.d/init.d/custom in /etc/rc.d/rcx.d/ (where x is the runlevel you want the script to be started/stopped) and you have to name it some special way: (S|K)yy<name> I just searched the psyche archive and found these two which answer your question. 1 dated Sat Oct 19 01:21:59 2002 by Martin Stricker: > Subject: Add a new custom service to RH8 > Message-ID: <3DB0A5A7.6C0A9F71@gmx.de> [the filename he's talking about is the link I mentioned /etc/rc.d/rcx.d/] > 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/ 2. dated Sat Oct 19 02:08:46 2002 by Rob Thorne > Subject: Add a new custom service to RH8 > Message-ID: <3DB0B09E.7090505@torenware.com> > > Easiest way is to take a look at the manual entry for "chkconfig". This > utility requires you to add a couple of special comment lines in the > script you copy to /etc/init.d, and in return it will make all of the > funky links in the rcN.d directories for you. It also gives you a nice > way to activate and deactivate the service on a given machine (i.e., > make a service available; you still turn it on and off by using the > 'service' utility). > > I've done a couple of custom services this way; it's very quick, and a > lot less error-prone. > > Good luck with it, > Rob Thorne Happy hacking! -- Iain Buchanan <iain@nospam.pcorp.com.au> It is bad luck to be superstitious. -- Andrew W. Mathis
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