HowTo Run A Script At Boot - Revision history

Paul Blankenbaker at 12:00, 15 October 2012

2012-10-15T12:00:13Z

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	Here is a example which starts up a VNC server for the ''pkb'' user account automatically at boot time:		Here is a example ''/etc/rc.d/rc.local'' file which starts up a VNC server for the ''pkb'' user account automatically at boot time:

	#!/bin/bash		#!/bin/bash
	/bin/su - pkb -c 'nstvncadmin --mode setup -d 6 --desktopmgr fluxbox';		/bin/su - pkb -c 'nstvncadmin --mode setup -d 6 --desktopmgr fluxbox';

Paul Blankenbaker at 11:56, 15 October 2012

2012-10-15T11:56:53Z

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	* Make it executable.		* Make it executable.

	Here is a example which starts up a VNC server for the ~~root~~ user:		Here is a example which starts up a VNC server for the ''pkb'' user account automatically at boot time:

	#!/bin/bash		#!/bin/bash
	nstvncadmin --mode setup -d 6 --desktopmgr fluxbox		/bin/su - pkb -c 'nstvncadmin --mode setup -d 6 --desktopmgr fluxbox';

Paul Blankenbaker: Created page with "When customizing a NST system, it is often desirable to run a script at boot time to perform some specific actions. In the past, you could simply edit the ''/etc/rc.d/rc.local''..."

2012-10-15T11:39:48Z

Created page with "When customizing a NST system, it is often desirable to run a script at boot time to perform some specific actions. In the past, you could simply edit the ''/etc/rc.d/rc.local''..."

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When customizing a NST system, it is often desirable to run a script at boot time to perform some specific actions.

In the past, you could simply edit the ''/etc/rc.d/rc.local'' configuration file to run system specific commands. After Fedora moved to using '''systemd''' to manage system services, the ''/etc/rc.d/rc.local'' file is no longer present. However, the ''/etc/rc.d/rc.local'' script is still honored by '''systemd''' via the ''rc-local.service'' target.

You can verify that the ''rc-local.service'' is enabled at boot time using the following command:

[root@taco-dev32 nstboot]# systemctl is-enabled rc-local.service && echo yes
static
yes
[root@taco-dev32 nstboot]#

At the time of this writing, the ''rc-local.service'' target looked something like the following:

[Unit]
Description=/etc/rc.d/rc.local Compatibility
After=network.target

[Service]
Type=forking
ExecStart=/etc/rc.d/rc.local start
TimeoutSec=0
RemainAfterExit=yes
SysVStartPriority=99

To run commands at boot time using the ''rc-local.service'' script you need to do the following:

* Create the file: ''/etc/rc.d/rc.local''.
* Optionally check for the "''start''" argument (which is passed via the ''ExecStart'' parameter shown above).
* Put the commands you want to run inside the file.
* Make it executable.

Here is a example which starts up a VNC server for the root user:

#!/bin/bash
nstvncadmin --mode setup -d 6 --desktopmgr fluxbox