How do I make linux start Apache and Mysql on boot?

[vbp6us]

Hi,

How do I make linux start Apache and Mysql on boot? Im running SuSE 8.1. Thank you.

[o0zi]

SuSe 8.1 may have a program for configuring that kind of thing - look for something to do with services or daemons.
If you want to do it manually, look in the /etc/init.d and /etc/rc.d directories for your startup scripts, and add the commands to start Apache and MySQL to a file called rc.local.

[Satanic Atheist]

I've never used SuSE, but with RedHat and Mandrake, after installing RPMS you could do the following:

> chkconfig --list
> chkconfig --level 345 named on

(That's for named - the DNS server).

Under Slackware you need to write Bash scripting, but since SuSE has a reputation for being easy on beginners, it's doubtful you'd need to do that.

Under X, there's often a boot init control that allows you to configure runtimes and you should be able to start mySQL and Apache from there.

Finally, if all else fails, you could simply jury-rig the system to run them at boot by adding the paths to the executables into /etc/rc.d/rc.sysinit (or is it rc.local? You'll know the right one).

Hope this helps. Like I said, I've never used SuSE so I don't know what systems it has (such as whether it uses RPMs).

James

[vbp6us]

ok guys, thanks. :)

I can't try these out until i get home. :(