[plug] rc.local et al

[Mike Holland]

On Thu, 7 Sep 2000, Earnshaw, Mike wrote:

> I am embarassed to ask this one. 

There are no stupip questions, just ... :)

> In what order do the scripts execute on startup?

One of the nice things about unices, is that so much is done from scripts,
including the startup. So it is easy to follow. The first process is init,
which is controlled by /etc/inittab. You can read the commands there and
follow the scripts it calls to see exactly what happens. This is an
"interesting" exercise for anyone wanting to truly learn Linux.

  On redhat, the next-level scripts are /etc/rc.d/rc.sysinit (worth
reading), and /etc/rc.d/rc which runs all the /etc/rc.d/rc?.d/* scripts.


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Mike Holland  <mike at golden.wattle.id.au>
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