create and run bash script on start of runlevel5

kapparino · Post by **kapparino** » 2015/05/21 14:28:30

I have created a following hello bash script:

    #!/bin/sh
    
    echo "Hello Run Level 5"

I put this script in the /etc/rc.d/rc5.d directory with a name S100RunLevel5. How can I make this script to run terminal and show text, once I login to GUI?

gerald_clark · Post by **gerald_clark** » 2015/05/21 14:41:53

You can't.
Scripts in rc5.d run when the system enters runlevel 5, not when you login.
If you want something to run at login you need to use the startup facility of the window manager you are using.
For Gnome, it is System->Preferences->Startup Applications.

kapparino · Post by **kapparino** » 2015/05/21 14:57:20

gerald_clark wrote:You can't.
Scripts in rc5.d run when the system enters runlevel 5, not when you login.
If you want something to run at login you need to use the startup facility of the window manager you are using.
For Gnome, it is System->Preferences->Startup Applications.

I have a task, to create my own runlevel script that runs arbitrary script or program at boot, how would i do that ?
So does it mean, that it's just enough to create a script and put in the folder rc#.d right ? But how can I present in console or somewhere, that it had been executed ?

gerald_clark · Post by **gerald_clark** » 2015/05/21 15:06:02

There are many examples in /etc/rcd./init.d.
There are also instructions in /usr/share/doc/initscripts*/sysvinitfiles.

You did not ask about running a program at boot.
You said you wanted it to run at login.
That is not the same thing.

We do not do student homework assignments here.
You are supposed to do that yourself.

The references above should get you started.

kapparino · Post by **kapparino** » 2015/05/21 15:08:29

Thank you for a reference.

XiangJ · Post by **XiangJ** » 2015/05/22 02:26:10

Hi,
General boot process with runlevel 5 will stop at a login GUI and waiting for user to input account.
1. Modify /etc/gdm/custom.conf as below to skip the login GUI
[daemon]
AutomaticLogin=root
AutomaticLoginEnable=true

2. Add below line in the X Windows startup script /etc/X11/xinit/xinitrc.d/localuser.sh
gnome-terminal –x [sh your-script-path]

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