startup script

[Karl Klinger]

Jim Douglas wrote:
> I installed a firewall and want to make sure it starts up in the right 
> place on reboot.
> 
> These are the instructions I am getting from the Firewall Builder site, 
> they have nothing for Kubuntu...
> 
> The universal method is to put generated script in /etc or /etc/firewall 
> directory and add a line at the bottom of script */etc/rc.d/rc.local* 
> (Mandrake and RedHat) or */etc/init.d/boot.local* (SuSE) like this:
> 
>   /etc/firewall/firewall.fw
> 
> This way, firewall script runs when machine executes
>                   boot-time scripts. The name of the file is the same
>                   as the name of the firewall object in Firewall
>                   Builder GUI, with extension ".fw".  So, if
>                   firewall object name is *guardian*, then
>                   fwbuilder puts generated policy in the file
>                   *guardian.fw*.
>                 
> 
> What is the most secure process to start up at boot time?
> 
> 
> Thanks,
> Jim
> 
You could put the line to run the script in /etc/rc.local.  This is the 
  default rc.local:

#!/bin/sh -e
#
# rc.local
#
# This script is executed at the end of each multiuser runlevel.
# Make sure that the script will "exit 0" on success or any other
# value on error.
#
# In order to enable or disable this script just change the execution
# bits.
#
# By default this script does nothing.

exit 0

Karl