Can't get program to autostart

[Ook]

I'm trying to autostart an Until URU server. I copied the script used to start the server to the /etc/rc.d/ directory. I used chmod +x to make it executable. I can use the script to start and stop the server, so I know the script itself is OK. When I restart the machine, the program does not start. Am I missing something and is there more I need to do to make this program autostart?

[sarumont]

You need to add a line executing that script to one of the initialization scripts. It would either go in rc.4 or rc.M, depending on whether you boot to init 4 or init 3.

[heartsmagic]

Actually you can add it to your /etc/rc.d/rc.local instead of rc.M.

I suggest rc.local file for your own scripts..

[Ook]

You can't just put the file in rc.d? I though that everything in that directory that was executable would automatically run, shows you how much I know...lol. OK, I'll add a line to rc.local and see what happens.

[heartsmagic]

Hmm i think that is not true. Not every file is automatically starts when the machine starts if you dont add those files to rc.M like sarumont told.This is why i suggest adding your script to rc.local. But if your script is too long like the other files you can put it to rc.d and add it to rc.M..

[Ook]

I added a line to rc.local that executes the original script in it's original location, and that seems to work fine. Learn something new every day

[heartsmagic]

For linux, the alternatives are almost endless. So, you can find a way easily for your problem. This is why i like Linux