specific order of services

[Nils Kassube]

Kaushal Shriyan wrote:
> Is there a way to start services in specific order while booting ?
> 
> For example
> 
> I need the following services to be started in the below order
> 
> 1)openvpn --> This should start first
> 2)networking --> This should start second
> 3)shorewall --> This should start third

The startup sequence is controlled by upstart [1] but the traditional 
links in /etc/rc*.d/ should still work. I think you should have a look 
at "/usr/share/doc/sysv-rc/README.runlevels.gz" for the details.


Nils

[1] <http://upstart.ubuntu.com/>