init.d script tutorial primer

TheLexx · Posted: Wed Apr 17, 2013 9:50 pm Post subject: init.d script tutorial primer

I'm looking for a good tutorial/primer for /etc/init.d/ scripts development. I have two different projects involving init.d scripts and I would like them to be compliant with Gentoo "standards".

My more ambitious project is to write an init.d script from scratch called rootscreen. When "/etc/init.d/rootscreen start" is called (possible at boot), the program screen is initiated with a number of windows. Each window would have a different program running in it.

My Simpler project is just to adjust the dependencies of sshd. My Laptop does not have a net device "eth0" (unless the usb-ethernet device is plugged in). It might seam strange, but I often ssh through the loopback interface. I would like to change it so that, sshd is only dependant on "lo" and not "eth0" being up and running.

Fitzcarraldo · Posted: Thu Apr 18, 2013 12:06 am Post subject:

The section in the Gentoo Handbook on writing initscripts is quite helpful: Part 2, Chapter 4. Initscripts.
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khayyam · Posted: Thu Apr 18, 2013 4:05 pm Post subject:

TheLexx ...

The following should work arround sshd needing net (untested)

/etc/rc.conf