Questions tagged [rc]
An RC file is a script file containing startup instructions for an application program (or an entire operating system). These are usually a text file containing commands of the sort that might have been invoked manually once the system was running but are to be executed automatically each time the system starts up.
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Forgejo pid file (/var/run/forgejo.pid) : not readable in Truenas Core (FreeBSD Jail)
I have been trying to get Forgejo running in a Truenas Core (FreeBSD jail) for over a week. When I manually start Forgejo as the git user it runs as expected, however attempting to get it to run with ...
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Issue with GPS on RPi4 at boot
So I have RPi4 which I configured with multiple UARTs and a Ublox ZED-F9P on a custom designed board. My setup would use the UART1 on the F9P for ubx messages and the UART1 for NMEA messages that used ...
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Automating proxy configuration across multiple applications without plaintext password
More generally than the post described here: Using bash functionality in rc files
I would like to set an appropriate proxy configuration for all/multiple applications including but not limited to: ...
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Using bash functionality in rc files
I am trying to do something similar to Avoiding plain-text password in http_proxy but inside the .wgetrc/.curlrc configuration files. For whatever reason, I have spotty luck by passing proxy settings ...
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/etc/rc.local not being run everytime a user logs in via ssh [closed]
I have set up the /etc/systemd/system/rc-local.service as follows:
[Unit]
Description=/etc/rc.local Compatibility
ConditionPathExists=/etc/rc.local
[Service]
Type=forking
ExecStart=/etc/rc.local ...
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python script as rc service on freebsd
I have a python script that I would like to run in a Freenas jail. It works without the service daemon, but I would like to start it as a service.
I have created the following service script /etc/rc.d/...
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Stop not called for init rc.d service
I have a very simple SysVinit service in /etc/rc.d:
#!/bin/bash
PIDFILE="/var/run/test.pid"
status() {
if [ -f "$PIDFILE" ]; then
echo 'Service running'
return 1
fi
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FreeBSD: /etc/rc.conf persistently read-only
I am running a single-user FreeBSD and I am trying to edit rc.conf but it appears to be read-only for some reason. I can't change it from the root account. Indeed, id gives:
uid=0(root) gid=0(wheel) ...
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For automatic startup is it enough to copy script to /etc/rc.d folders?
we have installed some tool on RedHat linux 8.5 which comes with a README file that explains steps we should do, in order to enable automatic startup:
Copy the 'accurev' script to the /etc/rc.d/init....
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Would including a line like "source ~/rc/.zshrc" in my ~/.zshrc be equivelent to including all the text from ~/rc/.zshrc in my ~/.zshrc?
I want to keep my ~/.zshrc in a github repo, and since I don't want to make my ~ folder a git repository, I plan to move my ~/.zshrc to a folder called rc and then include source ./rc/.zshrc in my ~/....
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How do I know what config files are being read by my bash shell? [duplicate]
I'm on a macOS system. My SHELL variable says /bin/bash, but I have Homebrew bash installed too.
I deleted my .bash_profile file, and my .bashrc only sets the PATH. But now every time I type Command+T ...
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how to distinguish ssh from scp in ~/.ssh/rc?
I'd like to launch neofetch (a small utility that displays a banner) each time I log into a remote server via OpenSSH. So, I just added /usr/bin/neofetch into my ~/.ssh/rc file, and it works fine.
The ...
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What language do config files use?
I've been using GNU/Linux for over a year now. And there's this question to which I need an answer from you, Linux gurus:
What language(s) do config files like .bashrc, .vimrc, .i3status.conf, ....
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zsh completion for kill listing unexpected "0"
I have following in my .zshrc:
zstyle ':completion:*:kill:*' command 'ps -u $USER -o pid,%cpu,tty,cputime,cmd'
When I press TAB, in addition to processes being listed, there is always a last line ...
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Does the rc folder contain files that start on boot?
I created a file in /etc/rc0.d, named it rc.local.
In this file I added a line that run another file that I had put in Desktop.
I did all this so that the command can be run on boot. I followed the ...
