Re: [gentoo-user] /etc/init.d/local - one thing led to another

[Michael Crute]

On 8/30/05, John J. Foster <Gentoo-User@××××××××××××.com> wrote: 
>
> Good evening all,
>
> I figured it was about time to start the Guarddog firewall script
> automatically, instead of always typing /etc/rc.firewall. The obvious
> thing to do was add it to /etc/conf.d/local.start. Easy enough. But it
> didn't start. OK, let's put a few logger commands in there and see where
> it fails. Nothing logged. Nada. Zilch. Tried the same thing in the
> /etc/init.d/local script. Once again, nothing logged. Here's the
> beginning of the local script
>
> depend() {
> after *
> }
>
> start() {
> ebegin "Starting local"
>
> # Add any misc programs that should be started
> # to /etc/conf.d/local.start
> logger -p auth.info <http://auth.info> "This is right before local.startis sourced"
> if [[ -e /etc/conf.d/local.start ]] ; then
> source /etc/conf.d/local.start
> fi
> eend $? "Failed to start local"
> }
>
> The initial "Starting local" is displayed as the system boots, but
> that's all that happens. If I do a /etc/init.d/local restart, all is
> well, and all is logged.
>
> Am I once again missing the obvious?
>
> Thanks,
> John
> --
> Contrary to the lie machine, the world is not safer.
>
>
>
You should use rc-update to run the startup script. Local is for commands 
that you want run, not really a great way to run other startup scripts. The 
command you want is probably `rc-update add rc.firewall default`. 
 -Mike

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