At 10:28 AM 11/9/1999 -0500, you wrote:
>
>Ok, I admit it, I'm a lightweight when it comes to Linux. :)
>
>I have portsentry compiled and running on my linux box here at work. I'd
like to get it to
>start automatically when the system boots. and I realized i don't have
the slightest idea
>as to how to do that.
>
>is there somebody out there that can point me in the right direction?
i've tried man for
>rc.d etc. but that isn't helping.
>
>thanks chris
>
>
Hi Chris,
The easy way to do it is to add it to /etc/rc.local. It will
start when ever you boot the system. A better way to do it is to
create a control script similer to the ones in /etc/rc.d/init.d to
start and stop the program, and then add links in /etc/rc.d/rc3.d and
/etc/rc.d/rc5.d to start it, and in /etc/rc.d/rc0.d, rc1.d, rc2.d,
and rc6.d to stop it. (You only want portsentry running when you have
the network up, right?) You could also edit /etc/rc.d/init.d/network
to start it right after the network starts, and stop it just before
the network stops...
Mikkel
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