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I have a stand alone server application that I would like to run automatically when my red hat box starts up. My default run level is 5 but I want to make sure it works both in run level 3 & 5.
Answers appreciated!
Axxmasterr
Posted 2009-07-30T17:36:58.600
Reputation: 7 584
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There's /etc/rc.d/rcX.d directory for each runlevel X. Symlink apropriate [S]tart and/or [K]ill scripts to /etc/rc.d/rc3.d/ and /etc/rc.d/rc5.d
The scripts are run as sorted by number. This way you can organize dependencies.
The scripts per se are in /etc/init.d/
Tadeusz A. Kadłubowski
Posted 2009-07-30T17:36:58.600
Reputation: 2 005
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You can also use chkconfig
Example:
chkconfig [servicename] on
This normally actives the service on runlevel 3 and 5.
BinaryMisfit
Posted 2009-07-30T17:36:58.600
Reputation: 19 955
+1, I liked this when still using Red Hat / Fedora. It's not available on other distros than RH-based ones, is it? – Jonik – 2009-07-30T18:59:37.437
1It is available on Ubuntu and on Cent-OS. I use it regularly. – BinaryMisfit – 2009-07-30T19:04:17.360
Ah, so it seems; http://packages.ubuntu.com/jaunty/chkconfig. Cool!
Also - on BSD (inherited by Slackware), runlevels are actually found in
/etc/rc.d/rc.*- that is strictly a Debian/RH view of things. – new123456 – 2011-04-29T21:04:41.263