less /etc/init.d/README On Fri, Aug 11, 2000 at 04:04:47PM +0800, Andrew McRobert wrote: > many thanks mate. Excuse my ignorance, but what are the rcN.d directories > for? (I know about init.d, no so much about rc0.d etc.) > > cheers > Andrew > > ------------------------------------------------- > Andrew McRobert LLB B.Sc(Comp. Sci) > IT Liaison Officer, School of Law > MURDOCH UNIVERSITY > Perth, Western Australia > Ph: [+61 8 9360 6479] > Fax: [+61 8 9310 6671] > e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > "Linux: The Choice of a GNU Generation" > > > -----Original Message----- > From: kmself@ix.netcom.com [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Friday, August 11, 2000 3:51 PM > To: Debian-Users (E-mail) > Subject: Re: Location of "/etc/rc.d" directory Debian v RHAT > > > On Fri, Aug 11, 2000 at 03:46:21PM +0800, Andrew McRobert wrote: > > hi all > > > > I'm trying to install a Rhat RPM (HP's "OpenMail") on a Debian system > here. > > A bunch of files in "openmail-core-6.0.5-8.tar" need to go in the > > "/etc/rc.d" directory under Rhat ---> Under the Debian file hierarchy, > > there's the following directories in /etc: rc0.d, rc1.d, rc2.d, rc3.d, > rc4.d > > & rc5.d (ie. no "rc.d"). > > > > Is there any danger in creating the "/etc/rc.d" directory and storing the > > relevant files from the RPM there? > > /etc/rc.d is a RedHat-ism which is going away, IIUC, in the current/next > release of RedHat. > > The location of the init directories rc<number>.d and init.d do *not* > matter to the software package. They *do* matter to the system which > finds and executes startup and shutdown scripts. > > Install the scripts and links in /etc/init.d and /etc/rc<number>.d under > Debian. > > -- > Karsten M. Self <kmself@ix.netcom.com> http://www.netcom.com/~kmself > Evangelist, Opensales, Inc. http://www.opensales.org > What part of "Gestalt" don't you understand? Debian GNU/Linux rocks! > http://gestalt-system.sourceforge.net/ K5: http://www.kuro5hin.org > GPG fingerprint: F932 8B25 5FDD 2528 D595 DC61 3847 889F 55F2 B9B0 > > > -- > Unsubscribe? mail -s unsubscribe [EMAIL PROTECTED] < /dev/null >
-- Karsten M. Self <kmself@ix.netcom.com> http://www.netcom.com/~kmself Evangelist, Opensales, Inc. http://www.opensales.org What part of "Gestalt" don't you understand? Debian GNU/Linux rocks! http://gestalt-system.sourceforge.net/ K5: http://www.kuro5hin.org GPG fingerprint: F932 8B25 5FDD 2528 D595 DC61 3847 889F 55F2 B9B0
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