/etc/init.d

[C de-Avillez]

On 01/06/2011 06:57 AM, stan wrote:
> A quick question. On 10.04, if I add a package that is _not_ from the
> Ubuntu respoitries, can I just put it's startup script in /etc/init.d, and
> expect thisngs to get started up on system boot? Or is there more I need to
> do/
> 
> For instance, what control what runleves it is satrted and stoped at?
> 
> 

You can put the init script under /etc/init.d/ (or convert it to
upstart ;-).

Then use update-rc.d to set the run levels you want it to
automagically start. Usually the defaults are appropriate:

sudo update-rc.d <scriptName> defaults

For more details, please see the man page on update-rc.d.

Cheers,

..C..

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