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rc stands for runcommand. Historically UNIX boots from a file called /etc/rc, here it mounts filesystems, and starts services. | rc stands for runcommand. Historically UNIX boots from a file called /etc/rc which gets run from the process [[init]] , here it mounts filesystems, and starts services. | ||
In Linux RHEL there is a /etc/rc.d/rcX.d directory which allows one to start and kill services at whatever runlevel the system runs at. If you boot into runlevel 3 then this would be /etc/rc.d/rc3.d, the file is linked from /etc/rc.d/init.d where the rc script resides. | In Linux RHEL there is a /etc/rc.d/rcX.d directory which allows one to start and kill services at whatever runlevel the system runs at. If you boot into runlevel 3 then this would be /etc/rc.d/rc3.d, the file is linked from /etc/rc.d/init.d where the rc script resides. |
Latest revision as of 12:57, 29 February 2008
rc stands for runcommand. Historically UNIX boots from a file called /etc/rc which gets run from the process init , here it mounts filesystems, and starts services.
In Linux RHEL there is a /etc/rc.d/rcX.d directory which allows one to start and kill services at whatever runlevel the system runs at. If you boot into runlevel 3 then this would be /etc/rc.d/rc3.d, the file is linked from /etc/rc.d/init.d where the rc script resides.