Re: %post script to get my files off CD (done) - now run them every boot without password?

["Lloyd Thompson" <lloyd_t hotmail com>]

Ignore the last e-mail about rc.local, it does work if you put your console
program there - school boy error.

Lloyd



> > > 1) Given that I have 2 executables which I wish to run (one in the
> > > background) every time on start up (I'm not using X), which file
should
> I
> > > put the commands in?
> > >
> > > I would normally run my progs at command prompt with:
> > >
> > > ./LCDd -someargs &
> > > ./kecoss
> > >
> > > These are the only executeables I ever wish the system to run, and I
> dont
> > > want a to have to type a password as the host will be controlled by
> > > numeric
> > > keypad.
> > >
> >
> > Put them in /etc/rc.d/rc.local:
> >
> > %post
> > echo "/path/to/executable/LCDd -somearge &" >> /etc/rc.d/rc.local
> > echo "/path/to/executable/kecoss" >> /etc/rc.d/rc.local
>
> These programs did execute, however the second program "kecoss" needs to
be
> able to take input from the keypad, no matter what I pressed, it did not
> respond. Is this because my program is in the background? If so how do I
put
> it in the foreground (would "exec" do it?)? Or is it because rc.local is
run
> before the console is, where the input would come from?
>
> I have just tried putting these scripts in the .bashrc file of root's
> directory, "kecoss" executes after I have put my password in, but still
does
> not take input from keypad like it does if I had loaded it from the
console
> normally, so is that because it is in the background?  Assuming it is in
the
> background and I manage (somehow) to put it in the foreground, how do
> prevent the user having to enter a password to login?
>
> Somebody said:
>
>  change the /etc/inittab line for tty1 from:
>
>  1:2345:respawn:/sbin/mingetty tty1
> to:
> 1:2345:respawn:/bin/bash tty1
>
> but that did not work.
>
> also:
>  -  Edit out roots password in /etc/shadow
> or
>   -  Comment out roots password in /etc/passwd
>
> But no luck, does anyone have any ideas?
>
> Regards,
>
> Lloyd
>