UNIX for Dummies Questions & Answers

Hi Guys,

I'm a new to the UNIX. Let say I have a 1 simple script to stop and start vnc service. I want to use that script for support because my network connection to my client side is not stable and every time I have to use a long command to restart vnc.

Where should I put that script? Should I keep it in init.d or put it in /usr/local/.... ?

Thanks in advance.

if i read correctly you have a script to start stop vnc yourself.

it depends on what kind of script it is.
and what unix enverioment you have.

but if it is a script that you want to start from commandline by ticking in one command
put it in a place where it is in your path.
use tjhe command "set" to see what enverioment variabled you have set
mostly places like /usr/local/bin will be in your path

That make sense too. Thanks a lot buddy. I'm using Solaris 7. One thing that I'm not sure is should I put it in /etc/init.d directory or not. Any advice would be much appreciated.

If this is a service you want to start automatically everytime this solaris box reboots then put a startup and shutdown script in /etc/init.d and also in /etc/rc3.d (actually are a just a bunch of soft links to the script in /etc/init.d --> ln -s /etc/init.d/scriptname /etc/rc3.d/S99scriptname and K99scriptname).

I would test it out if it works in your environment before making it production. I use S99 since its normally the highest number, and you dont want this service to start without having the other stuff start first.

And oh BTW, I havent put together a Solaris box so I am not sure about /etc/rc3.d (it might be rc5.d or rc6.d, ah been a long time).