Hi All:
I wanted to know if i can write a program in UNIX, a program that does not run under a particular user login, but starts up at BOOT time.
Are there any online material that i could look into to do that.
Appreciate the help.
Thanks,
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I installed AIX 5.2 on a P5 9110-51A (powerpc).
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Hi all,
I want to execute a command when system boots. I tried to edit /etc/rc.common and add my command at the end of rc.common, but it does not work!
Anyone knows how to do it?
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hey all,,
I want to add comments when Ubuntu starts up..
now I know that there is a directory called /etc/init.d
which I can place my scripts there to run them at Ubuntu's startup..
but I prefer if there would be a file which runs when Ubuntu starts!!
because it is only one command. not... (2 Replies)
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please can you help me crack this....
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I am trying to find out type of AIX servers , for eg : server A is eServer p5 520 , server B is pSeries 630-6C4 etc.
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LEARN ABOUT CENTOS
consolehelper
CONSOLEHELPER(8) System Manager's Manual CONSOLEHELPER(8)NAME
consolehelper - A wrapper that helps console users run system programs
SYNOPSIS
progname [ options ]
DESCRIPTION
consolehelper is a tool that makes it easy for console users to run system programs, doing authentication via PAM (which can be set up to
trust all console users or to ask for a password at the system administrator's discretion). When possible, the authentication is done
graphically; otherwise, it is done within the text console from which consolehelper was started.
It is intended to be completely transparent. This means that the user will never run the consolehelper program directly. Instead, pro-
grams like /sbin/shutdown are paired with a link from /usr/bin/shutdown to /usr/bin/consolehelper. Then when non-root users (specifically,
users without /sbin in their path, or /sbin after /usr/bin) call the "shutdown" program, consolehelper will be invoked to authenticate the
action and then invoke /sbin/shutdown. (consolehelper itself has no priviledges; it calls the userhelper(8) program do the real work.)
consolehelper requires that a PAM configuration for every managed program exist. So to make /sbin/foo or /usr/sbin/foo managed, you need
to create a link from /usr/bin/foo to /usr/bin/consolehelper and create the file /etc/pam.d/foo, normally using the pam_console(8) PAM mod-
ule.
OPTIONS
This program has no command line options of its own; it passes all command line options on to the program it is calling.
SEE ALSO userhelper(8)AUTHOR
Michael K. Johnson <johnsonm@redhat.com>
Red Hat Software 18 March 1999 CONSOLEHELPER(8)