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

[Heiko Z. <he...@zu...>]

Does anybody else have an opinion on this?
I'm hungover and it's a bit challenging today to make decisions... ;-)

Heiko

Quoting roy barnard <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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   Heiko Zuerker
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