Where to keep startup script?

[rng]

I have a script which I want to start as the computer starts. Do I keep it in ~/.config/autostart/ or in /etc/xdg/autostart. Also do I need to make a .desktop file or I can simply place the script there? Also what if I want script to run with sudo command and to open a terminal and run in there. Thanks for your help.

[llama320]

I can't answer all of that, but I think the easiest way to get a startup program running is to use the "startup applications" program -- I'm not sure what the cmd line name for it is, but if you type the above into the search bar it should pop up. The program will generate a .desktop file for you.

I'm not totally sure what to do to get root privileges, but my guess is putting the .desktop file that Startup Applications generated into /etc/xdg/autostart would be a good first step.

If you want to check if the script is being run as root, you can use the command

whoami

which will come out as "root" if you've got the right privileges. You can output that to a file

whoami > ~/sanity_check

, use an if statement, etc