Preserved Topic: Linux - Start program at boot time (Page 1 of 1)

I need a certain program to start up when Mandrake boots up. On windows this is really simple but in Linux I am at a loss.

so when Linux boots I need this program to start up too. One other thing, when I run the program via terminal, I have to SU into
the directory.

any help is appreciated

Thanks in advance!

Later,

C:\


~Binary is best~

If you only want it to run when you "startx" then you can edit your .xinitrc

#my programs

xterm -bg black -fg gray &

gkrellm -w &

xmms -p &



#window manager

exec fluxbox

If you want it based on the runlevel, then you need to edit the scripts in /etc/rc.d ( http://doc.mandrakelinux.com/MandrakeLinux/91/en/Command-Line.html/sysv-levels.html )

[This message has been edited by ninmonkey (edited 01-03-2004).]

yeah. /etc/rc.d (or /etc/init.d on debian systems) would probably be the place to look to start a programm automatically.

You'll probably have to either set the suid flag on the program (meaning it will always run as the owning user, no matter who runs it),
or look into sudo, which I believe is capable of doing this as well. (man sudo)
so long,

Tyberius Prime

if I remember correctly, in KDE it is '/.kde/Autostart/' in your home directory...


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