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I would like to run the python script, when I startup the Linux machine. How can I do so? I don't need the user to login the OS to start the script. (The user is password protected.)
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I would like to run the python script, when I startup the Linux machine. How can I do so? I don't need the user to login the OS to start the script. (The user is password protected.)
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Generic method – add the script to /etc/rc.local
:
/usr/bin/python pythonscript.py
if your python interpreter is under /usr/bin
, or simply
/path/to/pythonscript.py
if your script is marked executable (+x).
Note that some systems use /etc/rc.d/rc.local
instead.
On systemd systems, rc.local might be ignored completely.
Create a service unit, /etc/systemd/system/something.service
:
[Unit] Description=Script name [Service] ExecStart=/path/to/script.py [Install] WantedBy=multi-user.target
Tell systemd to start the script on boot with systemctl enable something.service
.
2Although Ted explicitly asks about OS startup and not about user login, the proper place for post-login scripts is .profile
, .xprofile
and/or .config/autostart/
. Adding something to .bashrc
will cause it to be run every time a terminal is opened. – user1686 – 2012-08-23T17:15:55.013
2Just to note: on some systems, the file may be located at /etc/rc.d/rc.local
. – clpo13 – 2012-08-23T17:44:54.463
1@clpo13: And some systems might not be using rc.local
at all (such as most systemd-using Linux distros)... – user1686 – 2012-08-23T17:51:17.367
3What distribution? Are you using
upstart
,systemd
, or something else? – David Schwartz – 2012-08-23T12:42:42.4871Have you done much research into this? The top results when Googling your question comes up with links that say the exact same thing as the below answer from mnmnc. – bobmagoo – 2012-08-23T12:58:07.157
possible duplicate of How do I make a script run upon startup of the Ubuntu machine?
– Indrek – 2012-08-23T17:46:56.953@Indrek: It's not an exact duplicate, since this post does not specify Ubuntu, while the question is somewhat distro-specific. – user1686 – 2012-08-23T18:50:53.973