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Subject: 6.2 & rc.local problem
From: Timothy Reaves <treaves@silverfields.com>
Date: Wed, 05 Apr 2000 10:11:31 -0400
My rc.local file is not being executed on my RH 6.2 server. I
copied the local stuff in it over from a RH5 server where it was working
fine. Could someone tell me why?
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Subject: Re: 6.2 & rc.local problem
From: Darryl Harvey <darryl@harvey.net.au>
Date: Thu, 06 Apr 2000 00:19:29 +1000
At 12:11 AM 06-04-00, Timothy Reaves wrote:
> My rc.local file is not being executed on my RH 6.2 server. I
>copied the local stuff in it over from a RH5 server where it was working
>fine. Could someone tell me why?
>
> Thanks.
What are the permissions on the file? Make sure it is executable.
The same file on my machine is;
-rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 1072 Apr 3 11:32 /etc/rc.d/rc.local
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Subject: Re: 6.2 & rc.local problem
From: Bill Carlson <wcarlson@vh.org>
Date: Wed, 5 Apr 2000 09:44:45 -0500 (CDT)
On Wed, 5 Apr 2000, Timothy Reaves wrote:
> My rc.local file is not being executed on my RH 6.2 server. I
> copied the local stuff in it over from a RH5 server where it was working
> fine. Could someone tell me why?
>
> Thanks.
Hey Tim,
Besides the permissions, check that /etc/rc.d/rc3.d (assuming runlevel is
3) has a file S99local that points to /etc/rc.d/rc.local.
What exactly does not seem to be working? It could be that the script is
running but whatever you're accomplishing is undone later in the boot
sequence, I've had problems with '/usr/bin/setterm -blank 0' getting reset
on machines.
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Subject: Re: 6.2 & rc.local problem
From: Ron Golan <rgolan@coalabs.com>
Date: Wed, 5 Apr 2000 08:54:31 -0700
On Wed, Apr 05, 2000 at 10:11:31AM -0400, Timothy Reaves wrote:
> My rc.local file is not being executed on my RH 6.2 server. I
> copied the local stuff in it over from a RH5 server where it was working
> fine. Could someone tell me why?
If the RH 5 server had a 2.0.x kernel, you have to translate the
firewall rules to ipchains.
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Subject: Re: 6.2 & rc.local problem
From: Timothy Reaves <treaves@silverfields.com>
Date: Wed, 05 Apr 2000 12:38:12 -0400
O.K., I feel stupid; I just assumed the rc.local, as installed by RH,
would be executable. I was wrong.
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