Adding a startup script to be run at bootup

Ubuntu

 

1. sudo vi /etc/init.d/workDriveMap

 

2. chmod 755 /etc/init.d/workDriveMap

 

3. update-rc.d workDriveMap defaults(update-rc.d workDriveMap remove)

 

(So you have a script of your own that you want to run at bootup, each time you boot up. This will tell you how to do that.

Write a script. put it in the /etc/init.d/ directory.
Lets say you called it FOO. You then run

% update-rc.d FOO defaults

You also have to make the file you created, FOO, executable, using
$chmod +x FOO

You can check out
% man update-rc.d for more information. It is a Debian utility to install scripts. The option “defaults” puts a link to start FOO in run levels 2, 3, 4 and 5. (and puts a link to stop FOO into 0, 1 and 6.)

Also, to know which runlevel you are in, use the runlevel command.)

 

Solaris

 

1. Create a script in /etc/init.d, for example, workDriveMap

 

    su root

    vi /etc/init.d/workDriveMap

 

2.  chmod 755 /etc/init.d/workDriveMap

 

3.  Link them.

    

     ln -s /etc/init.d/workDriveMap /etc/rc0.d/SworkDriveMap
     ln -s /etc/init.d/workDriveMap /etc/rc1.d/SworkDriveMap

     ln -s /etc/init.d/workDriveMap /etc/rc2.d/SworkDriveMap
     ln -s /etc/init.d/workDriveMap /etc/rcS.d/SworkDriveMap