[SOLVED] No /etc/init.d?

[jdos1]

Hello. I am having a very strange issue. I tried to cd to /etc/init.d and I get an error saying that there is no such file or directory. How is this possible? I checked in Thunar as well and I see no directory called init.d.

Here's the output of ls -ls /etc just to prove it to you:

drwxr-xr-x 65 root root   4096 Sep  9 22:02 .
drwxr-xr-x 19 root root   4096 Sep  7 16:57 ..
-rw-------  1 root root      0 Aug 30 04:23 .pwd.lock
drwxr-xr-x  5 root root   4096 May 27 04:29 ConsoleKit
drwxr-xr-x  2 root root   4096 Aug 30 15:57 ImageMagick
drwxr-xr-x  4 root root   4096 Sep  9 17:49 NetworkManager
drwxr-xr-x  4 root root   4096 Aug 30 04:34 X11
drwxr-xr-x  2 root root   4096 Aug 16 11:01 adobe
-rw-r--r--  1 root root    541 Aug  9 01:25 anacrontab
-rw-r--r--  1 root root      0 Aug 27 19:56 arch-release
drwxr-xr-x  3 root root   4096 Apr 18 11:56 avahi
-rw-r--r--  1 root root     28 Jul 20 02:05 bash.bash_logout
-rw-r--r--  1 root root    657 Jul 20 02:05 bash.bashrc
drwxr-xr-x  2 root root   4096 Aug 30 20:52 binfmt.d
drwxr-xr-x  3 root root   4096 Jun 29 07:46 ca-certificates
-rw-r--r--  1 root root   6473 Jun 29 07:46 ca-certificates.conf
-rw-r--r--  1 root root    869 Jun 12 13:43 colord.conf
drwxr-xr-x  2 root root   4096 Sep  9 17:49 conf.d
drwxr-xr-x  2 root root   4096 May  3 23:46 conky
drwxr-xr-x  2 root root   4096 Aug  9 01:25 cron.d
drwxr-xr-x  2 root root   4096 Aug 30 04:23 cron.daily
-rw-r--r--  1 root root     74 Aug  9 01:25 cron.deny
drwxr-xr-x  2 root root   4096 Aug  9 01:25 cron.hourly
drwxr-xr-x  2 root root   4096 Aug  9 01:25 cron.monthly
drwxr-xr-x  2 root root   4096 Aug  9 01:25 cron.weekly
-rw-------  1 root root    762 Jul 20 23:46 crypttab
drwxr-xr-x  2 root root   4096 Sep  5 19:33 cups
drwxr-xr-x  4 root root   4096 Jul 21 11:08 dbus-1
drwxr-xr-x  2 root root   4096 Aug 30 04:25 default
drwxr-xr-x  2 root root   4096 Jul  3 22:38 depmod.d
-rw-r--r--  1 root root    840 Jul 31 20:38 dhcpcd.conf
-rw-r--r--  1 root root     97 Jun  4 15:26 environment
drwxr-xr-x  4 root root   4096 Sep  6 23:04 fonts
-rw-r--r--  1 root root    408 Aug 30 16:35 fstab
-rw-r--r--  1 root root    216 Aug  4 19:04 fuse.conf
-rw-r--r--  1 root root   3045 Aug 29 10:56 gai.conf
drwxr-xr-x  6 root root   4096 Mar 10  2012 gconf
-rw-r--r--  1 root root    564 Sep  6 16:12 group
-rw-------  1 root root    559 Sep  6 16:12 group-
drwxr-xr-x  2 root root   4096 Jun 28 17:30 grub.d
-rw-------  1 root root    472 Sep  6 16:12 gshadow
-rw-------  1 root root    467 Sep  6 16:12 gshadow-
-rw-r--r--  1 root root    918 Aug 23 08:44 gssapi_mech.conf
drwxr-xr-x  2 root root   4096 Aug 30 04:38 gtk-2.0
drwxr-xr-x  2 root root   4096 Jul 19 08:14 gtk-3.0
-rw-r--r--  1 root root     63 Jul 20 23:46 host.conf
-rw-r--r--  1 root root      7 Aug 30 04:24 hostname
-rw-r--r--  1 root root    184 Sep  6 23:00 hosts
-rw-r--r--  1 root root   1239 Aug 30 04:44 inittab
-rw-r--r--  1 root root    714 Jul 20 01:23 inputrc
drwxr-xr-x  2 root root   4096 Aug 14 19:00 iproute2
-rw-r--r--  1 root root   1952 Feb 18  2012 irman.conf
-rw-r--r--  1 root root   6612 May 24 21:15 irssi.conf
-rw-r--r--  1 root root     20 Jul 20 23:46 issue
-rw-r--r--  1 root root    546 Aug  8 22:27 krb5.conf
-rw-r--r--  1 root root  82245 Sep  9 17:49 ld.so.cache
-rw-r--r--  1 root root     71 Jul 20 23:46 ld.so.conf
drwxr-xr-x  2 root root   4096 Aug 30 04:23 ld.so.conf.d
drwxr-xr-x  2 root root   4096 Jun 25 18:37 libnl
drwxr-xr-x  2 root root   4096 Aug 26 09:04 lirc
-rw-r--r--  1 root root   9122 Aug 29 10:56 locale.gen
lrwxrwxrwx  1 root root     30 Aug 30 04:36 localtime -> /usr/share/zoneinfo/US/Chicago
-rw-r--r--  1 root root   5374 Jun 30 15:53 login.defs
-rw-r--r--  1 root root    588 Aug  3 08:04 logrotate.conf
drwxr-xr-x  2 root root   4096 Aug 31 17:19 logrotate.d
-rw-r--r--  1 root root     78 Feb 21  2012 lsb-release
drwxr-xr-x  5 root root   4096 Aug 30 04:27 lvm
-r--r--r--  1 root root     33 Aug 30 04:23 machine-id
-rw-r--r--  1 root root   1925 Nov  4  2011 mail.rc
-rw-r--r--  1 root root   5035 Jul 10 21:49 makepkg.conf
-rw-r--r--  1 root root   5137 Jun 19 18:23 man_db.conf
-rw-r--r--  1 root root   2366 May 25 23:51 mdadm.conf
-rw-r--r--  1 root root  45163 Aug  3  2011 mime.types
-rw-r--r--  1 root root    956 Jul 31 20:43 mke2fs.conf
-rw-r--r--  1 root root   2810 Jul 29 16:08 mkinitcpio.conf
drwxr-xr-x  2 root root   4096 Aug 30 04:23 mkinitcpio.d
drwxr-xr-x  2 root root   4096 Jul  3 22:38 modprobe.d
drwxr-xr-x  2 root root   4096 Sep  5 12:00 modules-load.d
-rw-r--r--  1 root root      0 Jul 20 23:46 motd
drwxr-xr-x  2 root root   4096 Jul  7 16:17 mplayer
lrwxrwxrwx  1 root root     17 Aug 27 19:56 mtab -> /proc/self/mounts
-rw-r--r--  1 root root   8728 Nov  2  2011 nanorc
-rw-r--r--  1 root root    767 Jul 29  2011 netconfig
-rw-r--r--  1 root root   2387 Aug 29 10:56 nscd.conf
-rw-r--r--  1 root root    223 Jul 20 23:46 nsswitch.conf
drwxr-xr-x  2 root root   4096 Aug  1 02:25 openldap
-rw-r--r--  1 root root    194 Aug 27 19:56 os-release
-rw-r--r--  1 root root   3068 Aug 30 04:30 pacman.conf
drwxr-xr-x  3 root root   4096 Sep  9 17:49 pacman.d
drwxr-xr-x  2 root root   4096 Sep  5 19:44 pam.d
drwxr-xr-x  2 root root   4096 Aug 30 04:35 pango
-rw-r--r--  1 root root    413 Aug 30 05:04 passwd
-rw-------  1 root root    371 Aug 30 04:38 passwd-
drwxr-xr-x  2 root root   4096 Apr  4 11:30 pcmcia
drwxr-xr-x  2 root root   4096 Aug 12 20:40 pkcs11
drwxr-xr-x  3 root root   4096 Sep  7 08:08 pm
drwxr-xr-x  5 root root   4096 May 13 21:03 polkit-1
drwxr-xr-x  5 root root   4096 Sep  9 17:49 ppp
-rw-r--r--  1 root root    562 Jul 20 23:46 profile
drwxr-xr-x  2 root root   4096 Aug 31 17:19 profile.d
-rw-r--r--  1 root root   3253 Jul 22 17:24 protocols
drwxr-xr-x  2 root root   4096 Jul 19 19:18 pulse
-rw-r--r--  1 root root    364 Aug 30 05:24 rc.conf
drwxr-xr-x  3 root root   4096 Sep  9 17:49 rc.d
-rwxr-xr-x  1 root root     69 Aug 20 14:36 rc.local
-rwxr-xr-x  1 root root     66 Aug 20 14:36 rc.local.shutdown
-rwxr-xr-x  1 root root    684 Aug 27 20:02 rc.multi
-rwxr-xr-x  1 root root   3140 Aug 27 20:02 rc.shutdown
-rwxr-xr-x  1 root root    600 Aug 27 20:02 rc.single
-rwxr-xr-x  1 root root   4707 Aug 27 20:02 rc.sysinit
drwxr-xr-x  2 root root   4096 May  2 11:31 rc_keymaps
-rw-r--r--  1 root root   5649 Apr 14 17:33 rc_maps.cfg
-rw-r--r--  1 root root   1856 Jun 23 16:27 request-key.conf
drwxr-xr-x  2 root root   4096 Jun 23 16:27 request-key.d
-rw-r--r--  1 root root    132 Sep  9 21:40 resolv.conf
-rw-r--r--  1 root root   1615 Aug 29 10:56 rpc
drwxr-xr-x  3 root root   4096 Aug 28 10:02 sane.d
-rw-r--r--  1 root root   3312 Jan 29  2012 screenrc
-rw-r--r--  1 root root     86 Jul 20 23:46 securetty
drwxr-xr-x  3 root root   4096 Aug 30 04:41 security
-rw-r--r--  1 root root 286369 Jul 22 17:24 services
-rw-------  1 root root    420 Aug 30 05:04 shadow
-rw-------  1 root root    402 Aug 30 04:38 shadow-
-rw-r--r--  1 root root     52 Jul 20 23:46 shells
drwxr-xr-x  2 root root   4096 Sep  5 19:44 skel
-rw-r--r--  1 root root   2955 Aug 30 04:44 slim.conf
drwxr-xr-x  5 root root   4096 May 10 16:23 ssl
-r--r-----  1 root root   2948 Sep  5 03:40 sudoers
drwxr-x---  2 root root   4096 Sep  4 05:52 sudoers.d
-rw-r--r--  1 root root   1320 Jul 11 17:42 sysctl.conf
drwxr-xr-x  2 root root   4096 Aug 30 20:52 sysctl.d
drwxr-xr-x  3 root root   4096 Jul  4 12:50 syslog-ng
drwxr-xr-x  5 root root   4096 Sep  5 02:47 systemd
drwxr-xr-x  2 root root   4096 Aug 30 20:52 tmpfiles.d
drwxr-xr-x  3 root root   4096 Sep  5 02:47 udev
drwxr-xr-x  2 root root   4096 Sep  9 17:49 vbox
-rw-r--r--  1 root root     51 Sep  5 07:49 vdpau_wrapper.cfg
drwxr-xr-x  2 root root   4096 Jun 25 09:58 wpa_supplicant
drwxr-xr-x  7 root root   4096 Sep  5 02:47 xdg
drwxr-xr-x  2 root root   4096 Sep  5 02:47 xinetd.d
drwxr-xr-x  2 root root   4096 Aug 30 04:38 xml

[Krendoshazin]

Try going into /etc/rc.d and you should find what you're looking for.

[jdos1]

Try going into /etc/rc.d and you should find what you're looking for.

This is what is in my /etc/rc.d

alsa            ftpd         hwclock       lircd    networkmanager  syslog-ng
avahi-daemon    functions    irexecd       lircmd   nscd            vboxweb
avahi-dnsconfd  functions.d  krb5-kadmind  mdadm    ppp
crond           git-daemon   krb5-kdc      netfs    slim
dbus            gpm          krb5-kpropd   network  snmpd

How is it possible that there is not init.d directory? More specifically I'm looking for rc6.d and rc0.d

[Krendoshazin]

Because init.d is not a requirement, it is simply a location where scripts are stored. As long as the system knows where to get the boot scripts from then it won't have a problem -- this is defined in /etc/inittab. For example, here is the script in Slackware that init first executes when control is passed over to it from the kernel:

# System initialization (runs when system boots).
si:S:sysinit:/etc/rc.d/rc.S

And then when init boots into a specific runlevel (2, 3, 4, or 5), here is the script for that:

# Script to run when going multi user.
rc:2345:wait:/etc/rc.d/rc.M

It's simply a different system than you're used to, but it works just the same.

More specifically I'm looking for rc6.d and rc0.d

Try running 'find . -name rc6.d' as root from within /etc and you should find it.

[jdos1]

'find . -name rc6.d'

bash: find . -name rc6.d: command not found

If I wanted to run a script at start-up without an init.d would I put it in functions.d?

[Jonathan183]

Check out the Arch wiki here

[Exheon]

'find . -name rc6.d'

bash: find . -name rc6.d: command not found

If I wanted to run a script at start-up without an init.d would I put it in functions.d?

I think you should place it directly in rc.d and add it to daemons array in rc.conf.

[oz]

No /etc/init.d?

I run Arch and don't have an /etc/init.d or /etc/rc.d folder, and I don't have an /etc/rc.conf file, either. The recent implementation of systemd allowed for doing away with a number of related folders/files.

[jdos1]

So how would I autostart programs then?

[devils casper]

Have you checked Arch Wiki?