Running (not running) programs at Startup

[Sapphiron]

What file do I edit to determine what services run at startup (eg ftp)

 

I know how to run a service

 

Also if someone can tell me how to add a program as a service under mandrake, it would be nice

[theYinYeti]

To make a service run on startup:

# chkconfig --add <servicename>

To prevent a service from running on startup:

# chkconfig --del <servicename>

 

To create a new service, create a script in /etc/rc.d/init.d/ named what you want. It must accept "start", "stop", "restart", and "status" as first argument. You can use mandrake functions (Redhat's in fact, it seems): they provide usefull higher-level IO and control.

Inside the top comment, include special lines that are for chkconfig. There's a line for the the description, there's a line for the runlevels at which to start/stop the service...

 

Look at the other scripts, it will give you ideas.

 

Yves.

[SwiftDeath]

If you use webmin its very easy to add a service. And You can modify the script it makes to support you Start/Stop arguements.