Init runs Perl scripts just fine, but you have to be sure to put #!/usr/bin/perl at the beginning and make it executable. On Wed, 2001-12-12 at 06:49, scott.w.fischer at att.net wrote: > Umm, I thought the init scripts were fired with sh/bash rather than perl. sh a script starting with #!/usr/bin/perl will just give an error anyway. I think you're gonna have to change your script to bash. > > -swf > > -- > "It's kind of fun to do the impossible." - Walt Disney > Key Fingerprint = 6FB4 A47C 793F 55C4 E2A7 6626 CC49 424A 155C AAD3 > > I am trying to get mrtg and apache to start automatically. I have been > > through the docs, and feel I have done things right, but obviously something > > is wrong. > > > > mrtg: > > > > I created a script called mrtg that launches 17 different configs. It is > > located in /ect/rc.d/init.d . I also created a symbolic link to the mrtg > > script in /etc/rc3.d named S65mrtg. > > > > It is my understanding this should launch mrtg at boot, but it doesn't. If I > > do a "perl S65mrtg" it fires of. > > > > I also have about the same problem with apache. > > > > Any advice would be appreciated. > > > > This is running on RedHat 7.1 in case that matters. > > > > > > Raymond > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Twin Cities Linux Users Group Mailing List - Minneapolis/St. Paul, Minnesota > > http://www.mn-linux.org > > tclug-list at mn-linux.org > > https://mailman.mn-linux.org/mailman/listinfo/tclug-list > _______________________________________________ > Twin Cities Linux Users Group Mailing List - Minneapolis/St. Paul, Minnesota > http://www.mn-linux.org > tclug-list at mn-linux.org > https://mailman.mn-linux.org/mailman/listinfo/tclug-list >