add and remove things from start up

[robthejackass]

hi i was just wondering hot to add and remove things from startup i currently only want to remove sendmail and sm-client but i would also like to know how to add things to startup for future reference i think its got something to do with the INIT setup but i dont exactly know what

thanks rob

[Kieren]

In KDE you can create shortcuts to applications in your ~/.kde/Autostart directory.

For instance:

ln -s ${which kmess}

Creates a shortcut to start KMess or if you know the path to the file you want to run:

ln -s ~/myscript

[robthejackass]

i use gnome not KDE

[Kieren]

I'm not sure then sorry

[robthejackass]

thats ok thanks anyway

[RobotTwo]

if you are talking about the system startup and not your window session startup, you want to take a look at "chkconfig" (on redhat, anyway).

The man page is here.

[daark.child]

If you run system-config-services or ntsysv, you will get a nice interface for you to enable or disable system services. The system-config-services is marked as "Services" in the KDE and GNOME menus. The chkconfig and the service commands may also be worth looking at.