Posted by Bill Karwin on 08/28/05 21:09

Spare Brain wrote:
> 1. Why would the install place the apache2 and mysql scripts under the
> /etc/init.d but not have any entries in any of the rc scripts?

That effectively installs the products, but does not configure them to
start automatically at boot time at any runlevel. This might be
considered equivalent to a Windows Service being set to "Manual" startup.

> 2. What do I need to do (anything specific to SuSE) to make the apache and
> mysql launch on reboot? Which rcN gets it?

The `chkconfig' command can help. It looks in the script for a line
describing a recommended runlevel at which to install links, and what
number to use for the startup order. Chkconfig is not specific to SuSE,
it's common on Linux and similar systems.

Regards,
Bill K.

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