rc.local not working

[ABrady]

On Fri, 06 Aug 2004 12:50:07 -0400
Jason Staudenmayer <jasons at NJAQUARIUM.ORG> wrote:

> Did the permissions change after editing? I have heard of some editors doing
> that.

Can't be that, because:

> > though there's no error in that file if I do
> > 
> > sh /etc/rc.d/rc.local
> > 
> > it works

Is there a symlink to it in rcX.d (change 'X' to the runlevel you use: 3 for text login, 5 for graphical)?

> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Nitin [mailto:nitinmehta at kappa.net.in] 
> > Sent: Friday, August 06, 2004 12:51 PM
> > To: General Red Hat Linux discussion list
> > Subject: rc.local not working
> > 
> > 
> > Hi all,
> > 
> > What could be the reason? rc.local is not executed at startup 
> > though there's no error in that file if I do
> > 
> > sh /etc/rc.d/rc.local
> > 
> > it works
> > 
> > any suggestions?
> > 
> > Thanks in advance
> > Nitin