Questions tagged [init]

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How to know if I am using systemd on Linux?

How could I know if my linux starts with systemd or whatever package?
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How can I run a command after boot?

I would like to run the simple shell command echo 1 > /proc/sys/kernel/sysrq at each boot, to enable the sysrq keys. When in boot should this be done, and where should I put a script to do it?
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How to enable systemd on WSL2: Ubuntu 20 and CentOS 8

I'm on WSL2 (Windows Subsystem for Linux, v2) and got the CentOS 8 WSL from: https://github.com/yuk7/CentWSL And the Ubuntu 20 WSL downloaded from Windows Store has no systemd enabled too. Got it run as usual, however, systemd is not running,…
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Linux services: is there a GUI for services?

I am looking for a GUI program, that shows running services from /etc/init.d (and /etc/init), and allows to manage (start / stop / runlevel) them. What can you recommend? Background: even though I like working with the command line, this could ease…
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What are the desktop.ini files for?

My desktop has two hidden .ini files: desktop.ini (370 bytes): [.ShellClassInfo] LocalizedResourceName=@%SystemRoot%\system32\shell32.dll,-21799 [LocalizedFileNames] Microsoft Office - 60 Day Trial.lnk=@C:\PROGRA~1\MICROS~4\mui\oaa.dll,-103 and…
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Where can I config service startup options in Ubuntu?

I'm not used to using Ubuntu or Debian as a server. I'm more accustomed to Red Hat/Fedora ways and even Gentoo (yikes). Under Red Hat installs, you can often configure most services that start from init using config files in /etc/sysconfig named by…
deltaray
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LANG=C is in a number of the /etc/init.d/* scripts. What does LANG=C do and why do you need to set LANG=C.

Its not clear what it does or what it contains. I tried greping the out put of set and env to see what C or LANG are set to in other places on the systems. Nothing was clear about how it is used or set. I don't even know what man page I should even…
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How do I prevent Apache service from auto-starting on Linux?

My problem is that I don't want to stop the apache daemon with the command ./apache2 stop from /etc/init.d (I know to do this). I don't want the apache service start automatically in /etc/init.d on the system startup. But I also need to keep the…
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How do I debug an upstart job?

I have the following job in /etc/init/collector: start on runlevel [2345] stop on runlevel [!2345] expect daemon exec /usr/bin/twistd -y /path/to/my/tac/file When I start the job with sudo service collector start, it hangs. If I ctrl-c and run…
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how do i run a script 5mn after startup?

I have severals RoR websites running on my webserver and I need to run a ruby script at startup. So, I puted a bash script in /etc/init.d witch call a ruby process. Unfortunatly that ruby process needs some stuff that isn't loaded yet. I tried to…
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Why do scripts beginning with an 'S' exist in /etc/rc.d/rc{0,6}.d?

Why do scripts beginning with an 'S' exist in /etc/rc.d/rc{0,6}.d? Will there be trouble if I change the 'S' to a 'K'? Is the behavior of the system changed when it halts/reboots?
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Where in CentOS does program start at boot if it's not in init.d?

I have installed a software (GitLab) on CentOS. It works well, but this GitLab starts at boot and I don't want that. So I took a look at /etc/init.d in order to disable it with chkconfig, but my problem is that there is no gitlab script in it, so I…
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At what point are cgroups initialized for systemd?

So to cut a long story short, I am trying to get systemd working with an Arch install, but without running systemd from init. This means I am booting into a system that is not running systemd, then trying to start systemd on it. The problem I am…
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Init scripts per user

There is a script (more like a command) which I would like to be executed on a per user-login basis. I've heard of init.d scripts but those require root permissions and are not per-user customizable (AFAIK). Simply put, I am looking for something…
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Differences between /init and /sbin/init

In Linux boot order, the kernel will execute /sbin/init, however, I can see another file /init existing in the file system on my linux (CentOS 8 WSL2, Ubuntu 20 WSL2). They are different binaries: $ diff /init /sbin/init Binary files /init and…
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