[Linux-disciples] Where to put startup instructions

[Adam Rosi-Kessel]

On Sat, May 07, 2005 at 07:32:57PM -0400, Stephen R Laniel wrote:
> /etc/rc.d is a Red Hat thing. Under Debian, what's the
> recommended place to put that instruction?

http://www.debian.org/doc/FAQ/ch-customizing.en.html

  10.5 Every distribution seems to have a different boot-up method. Tell
  me about Debian's.  

  Like all Unices, Debian boots up by executing the program init. The
  configuration file for init (which is /etc/inittab) specifies that the
  first script to be executed should be /etc/init.d/rcS. This script runs
  all of the scripts in /etc/rcS.d/ by sourcing or forking subprocess
  depending on their file extension to perform initialization such as to
  check and to mount file systems, to load modules, to start the network
  services, to set the clock, and to perform other initialization. Then,
  for compatibility, it runs the files (except those with a `.'in the
  filename) in /etc/rc.boot/ too. Any scripts in the latter directory are
  usually reserved for system administrator use, and using them in
  packages is deprecated.  

[...]

So my guess would be put it in /etc/rcS.d, but I don't know if that is
"canonical."
-- 
Adam Rosi-Kessel
http://adam.rosi-kessel.org
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