setup startup scripts in /etc/rc.local

[cggerry]

setup startup scripts in /etc/rc.local
I am very new to Ubuntu Linux. I have installed Ubuntu on a Virtual Machine on my laptop. I am trying to follow this project --

http://www.geek.com/articles/chips/f...untu-20090116/ (http://www.geek.com/articles/chips/feature-buiding-a-mini-itx-web-content-filter-with-ubuntu-20090116/)

I am stuck on adding the firewall.sh and adding it to the startup scripts in /etc/rc.local. (before Setting Up System Services)

I'm afraid i don't even know where to start on this. Do i add the file to rc.local or add what is in firewall.sh into rc.local? Please note, i don't even know what editor to use.

I tried "update-rc.d firewall.sh defaults", but i get a file not found error.

Any help would be greatly appreciated.

Thanks,
Gerry

[renjithforever]

hi,
to call a script at startup all u have to do is to add a line to /etc/rc.local

open any editor...go for gedit..

in terminal ....

$ sudo gedit /etc/rc.localand add the complete path of the script..
eg: /home/YOUR_USERNAME/firewall.sh

pls make sure u have made the script an execuatable..

$ sudo chmod u+x /home/USERNAME/firewall.shnow that u have made the script executable and added it to rc.local..go ahead an reboot ur system..

$ sudo reboot hope that helps :)

[PunkLV]

Quick question: does it support raw bash script inside? Or how exactly are the lines inside treated?

[renjithforever]

when u add a script in rc.local make sure the added script has the bash hash bang..
ie the first line of the script should be

#!/bin/bashelse the bash script may not run as expected..because the rc.local itself is run by dash (#!/bin/sh)..which is not bash...so the script within it will also be run by dash...and may run into trouble if there is bash specific stuff in your script.

[PunkLV]

Damn. I new I was doing something wrong.
Been using /bin/bash in most of scripts, which run totally fine from terminal/console.

Thank you indeed.

[profdreamer]

Thank you! Worked perfectly on my Lucid Lynx box.

[kenju4u]

does rc.local also run if i login to XBMC instead of Ubuntu?

[oldos2er]

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