Re: [Devil-linux-develop] Setting up directories in /var during boot.

[roy b. <roy...@ya...>]

Heiko,

I have looked at that and it's still not perfect.
I you need to stop and start a service like squid you might also need to remember to stop and start the new services created from skeleton.

The default numbering of the rc3.d services makes it tricky to insert the new services in the best places.

It's better than my fudge (boot.local) but I still wonder if there is any better option.

If the run-parts idea is accepted I am happy to do the work building all the patches.

Roy

--- On Fri, 7/5/10, Heiko Zuerker <he...@zu...> wrote:

> From: Heiko Zuerker <he...@zu...>
> Subject: Re: [Devil-linux-develop] Setting up directories in /var during boot.
> To: dev...@li...
> Date: Friday, 7 May, 2010, 19:49
> I think the simplest way would be to
> just copy the /etc/init.d/skeleton
> script and insert it into the runlevel wherever it fits
> best.
> 
> Heiko
> 
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: roy barnard [mailto:roy...@ya...]
> > Sent: Thursday, May 06, 2010 3:52 PM
> > To: devil linux-develop
> > Subject: [Devil-linux-develop] Setting up directories
> in /var
> > during boot.
> > 
> > Hi,
> > 
> > Can anyone help me with setting up directories in /var
> during boot?
> > 
> > I have configured DL-1.4RC3 as a Print Server using
> LPRNG.
> > To load the parallel port kernel driver I added
> "modprobe lp" to
> > the boot.local file, which works fine.
> > 
> > I then configured the printcap file, again fine.
> > I needed to create the directory /var/spool/lpd/lp,
> which I tried
> > to do be putting "checkpc -f" in the boot.local file
> and let it
> > automatically do this for me.
> > 
> > This failed because the boot.local is executed prior
> to the
> > hostname being set which "checkpc" needs.
> > (my work around to put mkdir,chown and chmods into
> boot.local)
> > 
> > Will the same issues happen when running other
> programs which
> > expect new directories in /var ?
> > 
> > Is there a rc.local file later in to boot sequence I
> have missed?
> > 
> > I wonder if a better way forward would be to have each
> /etc/init.d
> > scripts call PRE/POST start-up scripts using
> run-parts.  The same
> > idea could be used for shutdown allowing cleaning up
> when a service
> > shuts down.
> > 
> > An other example for this would be if you need to
> download a proxy
> > whitelist prior to squid starting but after networking
> is up.
> > 
> > Many thanks,
> > Roy Barnard
> > 
> > 
> > 
> > 
> > 
> > 
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