i've installed debian etch release. All is good, except I need to run a shell script on startup as root. Now normally, on other distros I add the commands to the /etc/rc.local script. But debian doesn't have that, and doesn't run it when I create it. Anyone know how to get a script to run easily without going too much into run levels etc?
Good question. Actually, the lack of the ol' fashioned rc.local in Deb is one of my only gripes about the platform. Here's how to implement the old-school rc.local on Deb: debian-rc.local Or, you could do it automatically with this package: http://www.finnie.org/software/rc-local_1.0-1_all.deb ...but I cannot vouch for the contents of that package, as I haven't tried nor inspected it yet. -AT
