| Art Alexion on 2 Nov 2005 01:42:24 -0000 |
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Stephen Gran wrote: >On Tue, Nov 01, 2005 at 06:11:09PM -0500, Art Alexion said: > > >>By default, my distro tries to run an ntp update script before it >>initializes ppp. The documentation on the distro web site shows you how >>to disable the ntp init script, but I don't want to do that. I want to >>edit the startup so that it runs _after_ ppp is initialized. >> >>I installed the webmin init module, but need to read about the runlevel >>and 'start at' and 'stop at' settings before I make any changes. Google >>hasn't helped me find documentation. Can anyone recommend a place? >> >> > >Without knowing more about what your distro is, I invite you, >semi-facetiously, to investigate the lovely command 'mv'. The beauty of >a simple >mv /etc/rc2.d/S23ntp /etc/rc2.d/S53ntp >beats all of webmin, for me. > >On a more serious note, if you know what your distros default run level >is, just push the ntp start link to something slightly later than the >ppp start link. That is the simplest solution. > >The way it works, roughly (and totally solution dependant, but most >linux distros do it this way these days) is that the kernel boots, and >at some point hands thing off to init. init runs all of the scripts >that start with S in the rcS.d directory, and then switches to the >'default' run level - what that default is is completely distribution >dependant, although I think Redhat-alikes all use 5. > >Then init runs all scripts in rc5.d directory that begin with an S with >the start argument (and really, it should also run all scripts that begin >with a K with the stop argument, but many don't). The only real things >to know about the hacked SysV init that most linux distros use is that > >a) scripts whose names start with S should get run with the start > argument >b) scripts whose names start with K should get run with the stop > argument >c) All scripts in a directory are run in numerical order >d) At boot, S is first, then default run level. > >That's the basics for managing it. > > That is what is complicated. The ntpdate script in in rcS.d and the ppp script is in rc2d through rc5.d. I fear putting ppp in rcS.d is a bit too radical and may lead to unintended consequences. BTW, I am running Kubuntu 5.04 (hoary) which is Debian based. The only documentation it points to is chapter 9 of the Debian Policy Manual. -- _______________________________________ Art Alexion Arthur S. Alexion LLC PGP fingerprint: 52A4 B10C AA73 096F A661 92D2 3B65 8EAC ACC5 BA7A The attachment -- signature.asc -- is my electronic signature; no need for alarm. Info @ http://mysite.verizon.net/art.alexion/encryption/signature.asc.what.html Key for signed PDFs available at http://mysite.verizon.net/art.alexion/encryption/ArthurSAlexion.p7c The validation string is TTJY-ZILJ-BJJG. ________________________________________ Attachment:
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