Re: [TCLUG:9387] Running a script at boot time

[Clay Fandre <cfandre@maddog.mn-linux.org>]

Mike Glaser wrote:
> 
> I am afraid to say that I do not know how to configure linux to run a
> script at boot time. :-(    What would the linux version of
> autoexec.bat be????
> 
> What I need to do is configure ipx networking on server boot up.
> Specifically:
> 
> ipx_configure --auto_interface=on --auto_primary=on
> 
> Anyhow, how can I get Redhat to do this upon boot. Whenever a remote
> server is rebooted I lose the ipx support and access to a NetWare
> server I need to have mounted.

On most distributions of Linux /etc/rc.d/rc.sysinit is the first script
to be executed on boot-up, and /etc/rc.d/rc.local is the last script to
be run on boot-up. So just put your ipx config script at the end of the
/etc/rc.d/rc.local script if you want it run after everything else is
configured.

Clay


> 
> Thanks,
> Mike Glaser
> 
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Clay Fandre
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