Want to write Bootup script

[parth]

hi guys,

I want write bootup script.I need some answers :)

1]What user does bootup scripts run as.
2]Where does they look for configuration files(Default location).
3]What does thoes functions script do?

Any more thigs I need to know .

Thanks in advance

[dungscooperdave]

Actually, I've been wondering the same thing myself. I'm looking for a bootup script similar to dos's autoexec.bat where I can place miscellaneous startup commands. I could probably easily find this out by doing a search, but since someone else's already started a thread and it's just about lunch time.... ;)

[serz]

The boot scripts are located in /etc/rc.d

[parth]

yes I have mu script there.Don't know where it is looking for configuration files.I mean the deamon I am starting in the script.

thanks for your time

[serz]

What daemon? And.. have you tried looking its man? maybe there's soem info, like which config files it uses.

[parth]

In script I am calling to run as deamon .I think which in turn used functions script.

start() {
# Start daemons.

echo -n $"Starting $prog: "
daemon /usr/bin/fetchmail
}

I am doing some this like this to start my fetchmail while boot up.

If I run as root ot looks at /root/.fetchmairc but I am not sure where it is looking when it is booting up. :(

thanks for your time

[z0mbix]

Just put the location of the script in /etc/rc.local (depends on distro)

[bwkaz]

Your scripts should be running from your distro's master rc script (it sounds like your distro uses SysV init -- this script is usually named rc, and always runs as a direct child of init, which runs as root -- so your startup scripts always run as root, unless you do some su magic yourself inside them).