Re: Reboot, autoload server

[Mike Nicholas <nicholas@xxxxxxxxx>]

Let me clarify what I am doing and trying to achieve:

1.  Running RH 5.2 as a server.
2.  Every time the system powers up I must -
     A.  Type "root" at the login prompt
     B.  Type the "password"
     C.  Run /sbin /init 5

Line C above will configure server for users to connect with SuperX.  The
users are running Win 9x/NT and connect to the Linux server via X to the
static IP address.  This is just an intranet with limited access points for
training and experimentation.

I would like to create an autoboot up login (if possible) to do the above.
Ideally, it would lock the console (keyboard) after the above procedure.  Of
course, if the system is not shut down properly, there is still the
likelihood of damage/corruption.  I just need to have the system return to
the Xserver mode without manual intervention.

Is this possible?

Thanks.....Mike


At 12:59 AM 10/1/1999 -0400, you wrote:
>I'm not sure what you're looking for here.
>
>Most services (httpd, ftpd, etc) start automatically at boot.  I'm not
>sure what "a server program" is, but you can execute programs
>immediately after loading by putting them in the /etc/rc.d/rc.local
>file.  From this file, programs runs as root (I use this to run ipchains
>and set up IP forwarding, for example).
>
>I hope that helps...
>-- 
>Wesley Leonard
>x95leonard@wmich.edu
>
>http://members.xoom.com/pacd
>"Anyone who stands out in the middle of a road looks like roadkill to
>me."
>	--Linus Torvalds 
>	  (Referring to the cover of Bill Gates' book "The Road Ahead")
>
>
>Mike Nicholas wrote:
>> 
>> Is there a procedure (when a server reboots as in power interruption) to
>> have it automatically load, login as root, and run a server program to allow
>> users to then again access it?  RH 5.x
>> 
>> Mike
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