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aschueler
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 Posted: Sun Apr 18, 2004 3:43 pm Post subject: Starting a program at startup? |
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I am trying to get firestarter to run when I boot instead of me having to long into KDE as root to load it up. I am not fixated on firestarter, it's just a simple firewall I know from Debian, so if there is an easier/better one for simple no-network firewalling, I will change.
I read the stuff on init scripts etc, and am more confused than I was before I did.
Is there an easy way to get a firewall running at boot time, no matter how I log in?
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sobers_2002
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| Posted: Sun Apr 18, 2004 3:56 pm Post subject: |
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hi
the way to add anything at boot up is like this
| Code: | | rc-update add <application> default |
u could also use "boot" instead of "default"
luck
Saurabh |
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aschueler
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| Posted: Sun Apr 18, 2004 4:37 pm Post subject: |
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Thank you for the reply. Unfortunately, I am a little confused. I get the following error:
| Code: | rc-update add firestarter default
/sbin/rc-update: /etc/init.d/firestarter not found; aborting |
I really didn't understand the installing instructions with regard to init.d stuff, so I apologize if I overlooked something simple; do I do something like a symbolic link from firestarter to /etc/init.d? Thanks. |
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pixie
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| Posted: Sun Apr 18, 2004 4:39 pm Post subject: |
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| If there is no script in /etc/init.d you can add the command to launch it in the file /etc/conf.d/local.start |
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ReD-BaRoN
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| Posted: Sun Apr 18, 2004 4:43 pm Post subject: |
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Is firestarter a cli based application, or it is actually a KDE gui thing?
If you can start it from the CLI, find the systax for the program and add it to /etc/conf.d/local.start
Thanks,
Brian |
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aschueler
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| Posted: Sun Apr 18, 2004 4:54 pm Post subject: |
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That didn't work either.
Let me rephrase the question:
How can I launch a firewall at startup? |
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ReD-BaRoN
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| Posted: Sun Apr 18, 2004 5:10 pm Post subject: |
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| Can you find the command to run it from command line? Let's start there. Sounds like you run it normally from KDE, look at the properties and see if you can find it. |
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aschueler
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| Posted: Sun Apr 18, 2004 5:20 pm Post subject: |
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it's /usr/bin/firestarter.
Maybe it was a path problem when I put it in the first time...I just put in firestarter in local.start.
Will post back.... |
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pjp
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| Posted: Sun Apr 18, 2004 5:22 pm Post subject: |
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Moved from Installing Gentoo.
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aschueler
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| Posted: Sun Apr 18, 2004 5:37 pm Post subject: |
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Got it -- had to do /usr/bin/firestarter -s
Without the -s it was trying to bring up a GUI menu. It works, and I don't have to log in as root!
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