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How to run my script after SuSE finished booting up?
I want my server to notify me (via growl) that the (re)booting finished. I have the php file that sends out the growl ready but I do not know what file I should add the line in.
What file I need to ...
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init.d script causes boot hang
I successfully installed a script to automatically launch in /etc/init.d on my new Raspberry Pi.
Unfortunately, it is a node.js app that never returns, and therefore hangs the device during boot ...
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Create and control start up scripts in BusyBox
I have compiled a custom linux kernel in BusyBox. BusyBox init does not support runlevels. When the kernel boots up in BusyBox, it first executes init which looks for the specified runlevel in ...
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Why is rcS required after file system is mounted by the kernel?
I am a beginner in embedded Linux, I have compiled the kernel without initramfs and kernel is booting fine. But It shows me rcS file is not found I have put it in /etc/init.d/rcS and my rcS file look ...
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Is xfstt necessary?
I am using Lubuntu 11.10. Every time when I shutdown the system I can read on the black screen an error for trying to stop xfstt. I found info about this process here. I have K20xfstt in /etc/rc0.d ...
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Which parameters were used by apt-get to install init scripts for a package?
After removing the init script for hdparm with # update-rc.d hdparm remove, the wish is to re-install/fix/repair the hdparm init script. In other words to undo the update-rc.d removal.
Calling # ...
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How to correctly remove mountnfs from /etc/init.d/
Cleaning up the boot process of a Debian squeeze installation running on kernel 3.2.0-0.bpo.3-amd64, I spotted several mountnfs scripts in /etc/init.d/:
# ls /etc/init.d/ | grep mountnfs
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For an init.d startup script, what is the ideal user to use as the owner of that process
Everyone says that running processes as root is bad, since it defeats the security and privileges model. But what user should be used to run a startup process? Is it really necessary to create a new ...
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What's the difference between /etc/rc.d/rc*.d and /etc/rc*.d
I know that rc*.d directories are used at startup, or reboot, or so on time, for starting or stopping programs. Can anybody explain me what's the difference between the rc*.d folders placed under the ...
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Difference between /etc/init.d/networking restart and invoke-rc.d networking restart
Is there any real difference between /etc/init.d/networking restart and invoke-rc.d networking restart (Debian)?
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When to mount /tmp (and other temporary directories)
When is the right time to mount /tmp (on Debian)? For /home I would not feel bad just to echo "/dev/foo /home type defaults 0 0" >>/etc/fstab - but can I be sure that /tmp is not used by any ...
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VMWare daemon doesn't startup when system starts
I have installed VMware Player on my Debian squueze, but after the reboot the vmware daemon(/etc/init.d/vmware) does not start up automatically, i have tried without any success to set the daemon ...
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Is it possible to write portable service scripts to control a daemon?
I (or one of my colleagues) need to write one or more shell scripts to control the execution of a daemon. We need to be able to start the daemon, tell it to gracefully shut down, and force a shutdown. ...
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How do I set the user of php-fpm to be php-user instead of www-data?
I am using php-fpm on debian with nginx for php5 support.
I would like to have php-fpm to be under the user&group php-user instead of www-data.
I thought the init.d script would have the user ...
