rc.local

[tmort]

I'm trying to get Crashplan to work as it is supposed to on my F14 machine. It has never started automatically on bootup as it should since I got in around F12. After everything is running I have to issue the crashplan stop command and then the crashplan start command.

Crashplan is in init.d as it should be.

I see that anything is rc.local is run last. I imagine since Crashplan needs an internet connection it has to start after all of that is running. Without changing anything I added /etc/init.d/crashplan to rc.local. It didn't work.

I then tried adding:

/usr/local/crashplan/bin/CrashPlanEngine stop
/usr/local/crashplan/bin/CrashPlanEngine start
/usr/local/bin/CrashPlanDesktop

to rc.local.

This is precisely the sequence of commands I use to get it to work. I have to run them as root.

This didn't work either.

I don't know if rc.local is run as root or not.

Does anyone have any suggestions

TIA

[Skull One]

Hello,
rc.local is run as root, at the end of the init scripts.
But beware of which rc.local your refer to !
The script is /etc/rc.d/rc.local, and /etc/rc.local is only a link toward it.
If your are using /etc/rc.local and have overwrite it as a file instead of a link, then it will not be read at all. This already happened to me in the past.
So, check this first !

[tmort]

I was using /etc/rc.d/rc.local

[Skull One]

Ok, so does the command report some messages at the end of /var/log/boot.log ?

---------- Post added at 07:14 PM ---------- Previous post was at 06:54 PM ----------

It looks like CrashPlanDesktop is a graphical user interface. So, you cannot start it in the init script, since it requires the X server to be started.

[tmort]

I remove the Crashplan Desktop line and the log file reads:

Stopping CrashPlan Engine ... OK
Starting CrashPlan Engine ... Using standard startup
OK

This is what I see when I run it manually.

When I then fire up the GUI to see what is happening I see that it isn't connected.

If I then go back to the terminal and do the following sequence of comands it works:

/usr/local/crashplan/bin/CrashPlanEngine stop
/usr/local/crashplan/bin/CrashPlanEngine start
/usr/local/bin/CrashPlanDesktop


????

[Skull One]

Hum... I do not know CrashPlan at all, so I have no idea at this point...
You said it requires an internet connection, are you sure the networt is OK ? I mean : is your connection a global connection or a user connection (which is started when you loggin) ?

[tmort]

I think it would be a global connection as I am stll connected if I log off and then back in as root.

[Skull One]

Originally Posted by tmort

I think it would be a global connection as I am stll connected if I log off and then back in as root.

Hum... I wonder...
Just check to be sure:
1) boot your computer
2) at loggin screen, switch to tty2 (ctrl+alt+F2)
3) loggin as root and check the network ('ifconfig' for instance)

[tmort]

If I do that and do ifconfig I get:

[root@localhost ~]# ifconfig
eth0 Link encap:Ethernet HWaddr 00:1C:25:92:0E:61
UP BROADCAST MULTICAST MTU:1500 Metric:1
RX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
TX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
collisions:0 txqueuelen:1000
RX bytes:0 (0.0 b) TX bytes:0 (0.0 b)
Interrupt:18

lo Link encap:Local Loopback
inet addr:127.0.0.1 Mask:255.0.0.0
inet6 addr: ::1/128 Scope:Host
UP LOOPBACK RUNNING MTU:16436 Metric:1
RX packets:46 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
TX packets:46 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
collisions:0 txqueuelen:0
RX bytes:3304 (3.2 KiB) TX bytes:3304 (3.2 KiB)

wlan0 Link encap:Ethernet HWaddr 00:21:5C:159:AD
UP BROADCAST MULTICAST MTU:1500 Metric:1
RX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
TX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
collisions:0 txqueuelen:1000
RX bytes:0 (0.0 b) TX bytes:0 (0.0 b)

and my I see my wireless connection isn't connected. When I manually connect I have to enter my key. I guess my key is not accessible automatically this way.

Not sure what this all means

[Skull One]

OK, so your network is not configured. Look at the output of 'ifconfig'in a terminal after you are logged to see the difference : it will show your IP address and mask.

So, if you are using NetworkManager, open your configuration and modify it : there is a checkbox at the bottom, something like 'enable for all users'. Check it and save. It will ask for the root password since the connection will be global.
Also check (if it is not already the case) the box 'connect automatically'.

Then, reboot and redo the test written in comment #8.

[tmort]

I checked enable for all users and it is working!

Thanks