Questions tagged [rc]
An RC file is a script file containing startup instructions for an application program (or an entire operating system). These are usually a text file containing commands of the sort that might have been invoked manually once the system was running but are to be executed automatically each time the system starts up.
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Automating proxy configuration across multiple applications without plaintext password
More generally than the post described here: Using bash functionality in rc files
I would like to set an appropriate proxy configuration for all/multiple applications including but not limited to: ...
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Using bash functionality in rc files
I am trying to do something similar to Avoiding plain-text password in http_proxy but inside the .wgetrc/.curlrc configuration files. For whatever reason, I have spotty luck by passing proxy settings ...
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/etc/rc.local not being run everytime a user logs in via ssh [closed]
I have set up the /etc/systemd/system/rc-local.service as follows:
[Unit]
Description=/etc/rc.local Compatibility
ConditionPathExists=/etc/rc.local
[Service]
Type=forking
ExecStart=/etc/rc.local ...
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python script as rc service on freebsd
I have a python script that I would like to run in a Freenas jail. It works without the service daemon, but I would like to start it as a service.
I have created the following service script /etc/rc.d/...
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Stop not called for init rc.d service
I have a very simple SysVinit service in /etc/rc.d:
#!/bin/bash
PIDFILE="/var/run/test.pid"
status() {
if [ -f "$PIDFILE" ]; then
echo 'Service running'
return 1
fi
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Include external variables in rc.conf
Am currently making a small script that updates /etc/rc.local with few lines. I dont want to mess up the original conf file. So is there a way to keep the configuration outside and refer it here ?
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FreeBSD: /etc/rc.conf persistently read-only
I am running a single-user FreeBSD and I am trying to edit rc.conf but it appears to be read-only for some reason. I can't change it from the root account. Indeed, id gives:
uid=0(root) gid=0(wheel) ...
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For automatic startup is it enough to copy script to /etc/rc.d folders?
we have installed some tool on RedHat linux 8.5 which comes with a README file that explains steps we should do, in order to enable automatic startup:
Copy the 'accurev' script to the /etc/rc.d/init....
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Would including a line like "source ~/rc/.zshrc" in my ~/.zshrc be equivelent to including all the text from ~/rc/.zshrc in my ~/.zshrc?
I want to keep my ~/.zshrc in a github repo, and since I don't want to make my ~ folder a git repository, I plan to move my ~/.zshrc to a folder called rc and then include source ./rc/.zshrc in my ~/....
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How do I know what config files are being read by my bash shell? [duplicate]
I'm on a macOS system. My SHELL variable says /bin/bash, but I have Homebrew bash installed too.
I deleted my .bash_profile file, and my .bashrc only sets the PATH. But now every time I type Command+T ...
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how to distinguish ssh from scp in ~/.ssh/rc?
I'd like to launch neofetch (a small utility that displays a banner) each time I log into a remote server via OpenSSH. So, I just added /usr/bin/neofetch into my ~/.ssh/rc file, and it works fine.
The ...
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What language do config files use?
I've been using GNU/Linux for over a year now. And there's this question to which I need an answer from you, Linux gurus:
What language(s) do config files like .bashrc, .vimrc, .i3status.conf, ....
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zsh completion for kill listing unexpected "0"
I have following in my .zshrc:
zstyle ':completion:*:kill:*' command 'ps -u $USER -o pid,%cpu,tty,cputime,cmd'
When I press TAB, in addition to processes being listed, there is always a last line ...
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Does the rc folder contain files that start on boot?
I created a file in /etc/rc0.d, named it rc.local.
In this file I added a line that run another file that I had put in Desktop.
I did all this so that the command can be run on boot. I followed the ...
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Ranger: set default apps for files
I use arch linux, ranger and nvim. When I try to open any text file, ranger does not do anything and this is on output:
/bin/sh: line 1: vim: command not found
What can i do to open file in neovim ?
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How do I use multiple .zshrcs?
I want to use different zshrcs and choose one using a single file tat holds variables and loads them up. I've tried looking it up, but there are only for iTerm2. I would appreciate any support. Thank ...
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How to run Odoo ERP as daemon on FreeBSD?
I've cloned odoo ERP using git, in directory /home/amr/erp/odoo. Of course I've create a virtual environment and created a startup script "odoo" in /usr/local/etc/rc.d
My concern is not to ...
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What are the key components of a desktop environment?
I'm a relatively new Linux user. I started with Ubuntu 20.04 a few months ago, and eased myself into the experience, learning a bit of the command line and becoming familiar with the system structure
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Is it possible to have conditionals in /etc/rc.local?
Is it possible to have a conditional within /etc/rc.local?
I've checked many Q&As and most people suggest running chmod +x on it, but my problem is different. It actually does work for me without ...
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Proper way to checkout home directory .rc files from a git repo?
What is the proper way to checkout a bunch of .*rc files into a home directory?
I've seen lots of github repos online and people usually name them dotfiles, and I guess they get checked out into ...
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FreeBSD sysrc to add comments
Is there a way to use FreeBSDs sysrc to add comments to the file that it’s modifying?
For example, if I had an /etc/rc.conf with the standard stuff
hostname=“FreeBSDMachine”
ifconfig_em0=“DHCP”
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How does Linux know what function to choose in rcX.d directory?
For example, I have the following script:
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start(){
echo "Starting..."
su - $ORA_OWNER -c "$ORA_HOME/bin/dbstart $ORA_HOME"
su - $ORA_OWNER -c "$ORA_HOME/bin/emctl start dbconsole"
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cupsd not starting at boot in TrueOS
I have installed a TrueOS 13.0-CURRENT desktop system with cups 2.2.8 installed from pkg. Printing works like a charm, but cupsd is not starting at boot, despite this being in /etc/rc.conf:
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.bashrc or .profile for busybox on windows
I have enough experience with scripting on *nix servers, but busybox on Windows I enjoy first.
I installed busybox using scoop.
When I run:
ash
echo $HOME
I got ->
C:/Users/RO # OK, this is dir ...
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execute script on startup without rc-update
I want to execute a script that sets iptable rules on each startup.
I read about the option to write a *.start script to /etc/local.d here, but I cannot execute rc-update add local default to add
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Add an SSH key on boot
I have a Git repo that is authenticated with an SSH key - the key is not the standard id_rsa.
I can run:
eval $(ssh-agent -s)
ssh-add /home/forge/.ssh/otherkey
Then
git pull origin master
This ...
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Is there something like rc.local in systemd? [duplicate]
Back with system V init there was a script called rc.local where you could stuff commands that needed to be run during bootup, which would not fit to one particular service. Does systemd have a ...
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Why do the shutdown and startup scripts placed at /etc/init.d/ not run on shutting down or during startup?
I basically have a simple script
#!/bin/sh
sudo echo "process kill" >> /home/logfile
placed at etc/init.d/lokill
and symbolic links K99lokill to /etc/init.d/lokill placed at /etc/rc0.d and /...
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Why do all the links in /etc/rc6.d start with K if runlevel 6 corresponds to reboot?
I was trying to find out how to run a script at startup and during shutdown during which I got to know that level 6 corresponds to reboot in ubuntu. When I opened the /etc/rc6.d every link's name ...
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Run interactive script before reboot
CentOS VM.
I got a script for updating firmware that I would like to run before each reboot. However, I want to get user confirmation before the script is actually run.
I put the script in /etc/init....
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rc scripts for multiple Zope instances in FreeBSD
I'm trying to configure multiple Zope-Instances as daemons in FreeBSD. Each instance gets a start script in /usr/local/etc/rc.d. Starting works fine, but invoking status or stop is problematic because ...
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/etc/init.d and /etc/rcX.d/: how do they work with systemd
I've known that Debian and Ubuntu have used systemd to manage the services running at boot time.
I've known that there were /etc/rcX.d/ and /etc/init.d/, which are also about services running at boot ...
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IPV6 aliases in rc.conf
I am currently running FreeBSD 12.0-RELEASE-p2, and I can't figure out how to create both IPV4 and IPV6 aliases for a loopback (lo1) interface using rc.conf on boot. Here is a snippet of my rc.conf:
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How to automatically start Rescuetime on startup (tried crontab and rc.local)
I have installed rescuetime on debian 9. It requires the command rescuetime to be run in a terminal, this just keeps running rather than running and closing (it adds an icon into the tray at the ...
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What is the best way for storing and versioning his aliases/functions/symlinks?
actually I have these lines (exemplary) in my .zshrc file:
. ${TOOLS_HOME}/cli/.cli_base
. ${TOOLS_HOME}/cli/.cli_functions
. ${TOOLS_HOME}/cli/.cli_symlinks
This works fine so far. My only problem ...
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Running and managing two daemons with same executable by rc together
I use FreeBSD UNIX and its rc system of startup scripts to make my Node.js servers start at reboot as a daemon and start, as a daemon again, and stop them with some commands the system gives me after ...
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How can I customize $PROMPT_COMMAND without overwriting the default (if present)?
Mac's Terminal comes with a default PROMPT_COMMAND that checks the history and updates the current working directory (title of the tab):
Add echo $PROMPT_COMMAND to the top of your .bash_profile and ...
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Fixing RC4 cipher suites [closed]
I've conducted an AppScan on my web application, and it determined that the site uses weak cipher suites, as the AppScan successfully created SSL connections using each of the weak cipher suites ...
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boot normally even with an infinite loop in /etc/rc.local
I put a python script with an infinite loop into /etc/rc.local but the machine boots successfully, which confuses me.
The /etc/rc.local content:
#!/bin/sh -e
#
# rc.local
#
# This script is executed ...
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FreeBSD 7.3: service is working, but status shows "is not running"
Something wrong with one service on FreeBSD 7.3:
1) it starts with command "service my_secret_service start" but later if I enter "service my_secret_service status" - it shows as not running. But in ...
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zsh: is there a problem with always enabling extended glob?
I recetnly came across
setopt extended_glob
...in order to enable extended globbing which allows for a number of cool wildcard additions, like excluding specific patterns, for example:
ls ^foo*
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New MySQL Installation on pfSense returns 'Bad -c option' when started
this is my first time actually using FreeBSD so there's a chance I might have missed something big, but it's unlikely.
So I want to set up mysql on my pfSense server so I can enable historical ...
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Does rc.local crash?
I am using rc.local to run a python script on boot up on a raspberry pi and it almost always runs without an issue but on occasion, it seems like it might be crashing. Can a script run in rc.local ...
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How to properly enable httpd with rcctl on OpenBSD so that it starts automatically?
On a OpenBSD machine running OpenBSD 6.2 amd64, httpd cannot be started by using rcctl:
# rcctl start httpd
httpd(failed)
However, when started by just entering httpd, it works; but this is not the ...
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Is there any database solution that can do master-master replication by default on OpenBSD?
There are many "built-in" softwares for OpenBSD, ex.: NTP, LDAP, RADIUS, etc., see all (?):
https://github.com/openbsd/src/blob/master/etc/rc.conf
in the rc.conf file.
The question: Currently, ...
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Fedora 27 not running rc.local when booting
I was trying to get the Shadowsocks server running automatically after booting, and I used the rc.local file, but it was not working.
rc.localis now:
/usr/local/bin/ssserver -c /etc/shadowsocks.json ...
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My ubuntu-server doesn't execute my gtk-based program at startup!
I have Ubuntu-server 16.04. Installed gtk3 and can execute my program manually by this command: ./img when I go to it's directory /home/m.
But when I tried to add this line to my /etc/rc.local file:
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How to determine what commands a FreeBSD rc script runs
I'm having problems starting a service managed by rc. I can't see anything in /var/log that looks relevant, so I'd like to try running the command manually.
I know I can read through the script in /...
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How to add an alias IP to a VLAN interface in FreeBSD
How can I add an alias to a VLAN interface in FreeBSD?
I tried the following, but it seems to be ignored:
# /etc/rc.conf
vlans_igb0="vlan42"
create_args_vlan42="vlan 42"
ifconfig_igb0="up"
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Adding run levels in ubuntu
I want my postgres service to start at run levels 2,3,4,5 and stop at 0,1,6.
So, I ran the following command
$ sudo update-rc.d postgresql start 30 2 3 4 5 . stop 30 0 1 6 .
When I stop the ...
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