Add a script to startup/init?

[licht]

I use opensuse. I know "chkconfig" is a way to run some service when system inits at different levels. Now, I am thinking if it is ok to add a file "rc3.local" or "rc5.local" to /etc/init.d and then add link to either of them as "S99local" in /etc/init.d/rc3.d and in /etc/init.d/rc5.d respectively. So, I can add whatever program I want to run at startup to either rc3.local or rc5.local.

But this method fails to work. What is the problem? Thanks!

The following is the settings:

- cat /etc/init.d/rc3.local:
#! /bin/sh
#touch /tmp/test.txt

- cat /etc/init.d/rc5.local:
#! /bin/sh
#touch /tmp/test.txt


- ls -l /etc/init.d/rc3.local
-rwxr-xr-x root root ..../etc/init.d/rc3.local

- ls -l /etc/init.d/rc5.local
-rwxr-xr-x root root ..../etc/init.d/rc5.local

- ls -l /etc/init.d/rc3.d/S99local
lrwxr-xr-x root root ... /etc/init.d/rc3.d/S99local -> ../rc3.local

- lls -l /etc/init.d/rc5.d/S99local
lrwxr-xr-x root root ... /etc/init.d/rc5.d/S99local -> ../rc5.local

[Franklin52]

It seems that you've comment out the touch commands in your scripts.

Regards

[licht]

Sorry, that's a typo. There's no comment sign # before the command
touch /tmp/test.txt

And there is no problem in creating and writting files in the /tmp folder. If execute the rc3.local or rc5.local as root from command line, test.txt can be created as expected.

I just looked into the /etc/init.d again and found the following two files: "boot.local" and "skeleton". Are they for customizing any startup script?

[Franklin52]

Well, I'm not familiar with opensuse but this is a useful link how to do it:

SDB:How to Create Your Own Init Script - openSUSE

Regards