help:the "/etc/rc.d/rc.local"

[xxsrobin]

hello!

i wan to excute many shells written by self when the fedora 17 start-up.

so ,i create the /etc/rc.d/rc.local file
then chmod +x rc.local

but ,when i reboot , my shells do not work .

hava a look :

the rc.local file
-rwxr-xr-x. 1 root root 53 6月 20 15:39 rc.local

the content of rc.local
#! /bin/bash

sh /home/yin/shell/touchpad.sh
exit $?

what can i do now ???

thanks ~~

[Dutchy]

Have you enabled the service?

PHP Code:

systemctl status rc-local.service
systemctl enable rc-local.service 


You might also want to check the SELinux label.
Mine is:

PHP Code:

$ ls -laZ /etc/rc.d/rc.local
-rwxr-xr-x. root root unconfined_u:object_r:etc_t:s0   /etc/rc.d/rc.local 


[xxsrobin]

Originally Posted by Dutchy

Have you enabled the service?

PHP Code:

systemctl status rc-local.service
systemctl enable rc-local.service 


You might also want to check the SELinux label.
Mine is:

PHP Code:

$ ls -laZ /etc/rc.d/rc.local
-rwxr-xr-x. root root unconfined_u:object_r:etc_t:s0   /etc/rc.d/rc.local 


thanks for help
but i still can deal with

have a look

[root@localhost helloworld]# systemctl enable rc-local.service
Warning: unit files do not carry install information. No operation executed.


[root@localhost helloworld]# systemctl status rc-local.service
rc-local.service - /etc/rc.d/rc.local Compatibility
Loaded: loaded (/usr/lib/systemd/system/rc-local.service; static)
Active: failed (Result: exit-code) since Wed, 20 Jun 2012 15:41:06 +0800; 3h 55min ago
Process: 826 ExecStart=/etc/rc.d/rc.local start (code=exited, status=1/FAILURE)
CGroup: name=systemd:/system/rc-local.service

can you tell me why ??

[Dutchy]

Well the enable commando probably isn't possible because it is a static service (and therefore no need to enable it).
I guess there must be something wrong with your script.
You should test the two individually: first put something really trivial in rc.local (something like "touch /test.txt") so you can be sure rc.local is processed.
If that works then the problem is with your script.
You say it should execute many shells written by self?

[stevea]

The command
systemctl restart rc-local.service
should cause you script to run.

Be aware that yo umay not have PATH setup as expecte whe nrc.local runs so use FULL PATHS for commands
Either set PATH or use
/bin/sh /home/yin/shell/touchpad.sh
not
sh /home/yin/shell/touchpad.sh

also in YOUR scripts. This is a security issue too.

[smr54]

A couple of things that people sometimes forget.

The script has to have the #!/bin/sh or #!/bin/bash, or whatever at the VERY top. If there is a space in the first line, like

#!/bin/sh

it may not run.

(You can't really see the space there, but at any rate, make sure the #!/bin/sh is in the very first line.)

Also be sure you made it executable

chmod 755 /etc/rc.d/rc.local

[stevea]

No - no the extra space makes no difference. The '#!' as the first two chars is important. The rest of the line is just exec'ed with some re-arrangement.

---------- Post added at 08:54 AM ---------- Previous post was at 08:49 AM ----------

example should help ....

[stevea@crucibulum Desktop]$ ls -l /tmp/foo
-rwxrwxr-x. 1 stevea stevea 44 Jun 22 08:52 /tmp/foo
[stevea@crucibulum Desktop]$ cat /tmp/foo
#!    /usr/bin/cat -n 
line 1
line 2
line 3
[stevea@crucibulum Desktop]$ /tmp/foo
     1	#!    /usr/bin/cat -n 
     2	line 1
     3	line 2
     4	line 3
[stevea@crucibulum Desktop]$

[Skull One]

the content of rc.local
#! /bin/bash

sh /home/yin/shell/touchpad.sh
exit $?

It is a big security hole to let the system run a user script.
SELinux probably forbid that, so check the audit log, with for instance:

audit2why < /var/log/audit/audit.log

And the very stupid question: did you test the script before?

[xxsrobin]

thanks for help
now , my rc-local.service is enable.
but,when the content of rc.local is

#!/bin/bash
echo hello > /home/hello.txt

it is no problem!

however,i alter it like this

#!/bin/bash
/usr/bin/synclient touchpadoff=1

it failed!

[root@localhost yin]# cat /var/log/boot.log  | grep rc
         Starting /etc/rc.d/rc.local Compatibility...
[FAILED] Failed to start /etc/rc.d/rc.local Compatibility.
         See 'systemctl status rc-local.service' for details.
[root@localhost yin]# systemctl status rc-local.service
rc-local.service - /etc/rc.d/rc.local Compatibility
	  Loaded: loaded (/etc/systemd/system/rc-local.service; enabled)
	  Active: failed (Result: exit-code) since Sat, 23 Jun 2012 10:56:03 +0800; 52s ago
	 Process: 780 ExecStart=/etc/rc.d/rc.local start (code=exited, status=1/FAILURE)
	  CGroup: name=systemd:/system/rc-local.service

[Skull One]

I presume it failed because the X server is not yet started when the script is run.

If you want to configure/disable the touchpad, the best way is to use a xorg configuration file, for instance (see https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Touchpad_Synaptics):
/etc/X11/xorg.conf.d/10-synaptics.conf

 Section "InputClass"
       Identifier "touchpad"
       Driver "synaptics"
       MatchIsTouchpad "on"
              Option "TouchpadOff" "1"
 EndSection

Another way is to use some X specific scripts (xinitrc, Xsession, ...) that are run when the server is started.

[xxsrobin]

Originally Posted by Skull One

I presume it failed because the X server is not yet started when the script is run.

If you want to configure/disable the touchpad, the best way is to use a xorg configuration file, for instance (see https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Touchpad_Synaptics):
/etc/X11/xorg.conf.d/10-synaptics.conf

 Section "InputClass"
       Identifier "touchpad"
       Driver "synaptics"
       MatchIsTouchpad "on"
              Option "TouchpadOff" "1"
 EndSection

Another way is to use some X specific scripts (xinitrc, Xsession, ...) that are run when the server is started.

thank for help . i have done.
but this is no "10-synaptics.conf" in /etc/X11/xorg.conf.d

this is a "50-synaptics.conf" in /usr/share/X11/xorg.conf.d

i alter it as

Section "InputClass"
        Identifier "touchpad catchall"
        Driver "synaptics"
        MatchIsTouchpad "on"
        MatchDevicePath "/dev/input/event*"
           Option "Touchpadoff" "1"
EndSection
................
................

the touchpad is disable when start-up.

[Skull One]

but this is no "10-synaptics.conf" in /etc/X11/xorg.conf.d

this is a "50-synaptics.conf" in /usr/share/X11/xorg.conf.d

Beware! Files in /usr/share will be override at the next update.
The changes need to be done in /etc to be persistent.
You just have to create the file, it has precedence over files in /usr/share. You can check this the xorg manual.