Thread: [Ddclient-support] [ddclient - Help] setup debian startup scripts

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By: mrdleigh

Linux newbie here!

I have ddclient installed in a Debian Woody system in /usr/sbin with the
configuration file in /etc/ddclient.  It seems to work in "manual" mode...i.e.
when I execute it explicitly.  I'd like to set it up to run as a deamon with
it starting at system startup.

I've used the example startup file and created a ddclient startup script in
/etc/init.d but one final thing escapes me.

I've read about using update-rc.d to then establish the symbolic link in the
/etc/rc?d directories to actually have the ddclient startup script invoked at
startup, but it's not real clear to me and it appears that update-rc.d is only
for "packages"? (and I don't think that ddclient is a "package" per se.)

So, what I'm missing is what is the exact command to execute or procedure to
follow to make this ddclient startup script execute at system startup and just
where in the raft of things that get started should ddclient be started (i.e.
dependencies, "runlevels" [which I don't really understand!]?)

Thanks for any hand-holding-help you all can offer! ;c)

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