I'm a linux desktop newbie (have some experience with linux via ssh). I've set up a desktop machine with Fedora 26 to run backuppc. Why Fedora 26? Because no extras are needed in order to install backuppc, it can be installed via dnf.

Anyway, I'm trying to get a script to run at startup. It does run if manually started. Its got 751 permissions. I know that's excessive, but I'm trying to fix the problem it doesn't run automatically at startup.

The script starts up backuppc and starts up apache:

#!/bin/bash
systemctl enable backuppc
systemctl start backuppc
apachectl start

Right now my system is littered with attempts to make this script start. I've got copies of it all over the place :-(. I've tried ~/.config/autostart methods, I've tried making /etc/rc.local but apparently systemd based linux doesn't like that method. I've tried making a service that calls the script and that hasn't helped. I've tried using a .desktop file and that hasn't helped.

However I haven't tried making a service with the commmand lines in it directly and I think it's time to ask the experts or stump the chumps! I wonder if the problem has to do with automatically running a service that runs a script with systemctl commands?

Maybe there's another way to do this? Thanks for being there!

Are you using GRUB? Did you google?

Yes, I've been googling extensively on this topic and have spent many fruitless hours trying different scenarios for startup scripts as I mentioned.

Yes, I'm using Grub, though I don't understand the relevance of that. I understand that grub 2 is in the boot sector and refers to a config file on the main sector. But that's for the early part of the boot, the kernel. I'd like my script to run after login.

Have you looked at the logs or status to see why backkuppc is not starting at boot up? Did you enable apache to start at boot up?

systemctl status backuppc

rc.local should work if you enable the rc-local service and change the /etc/rc.local permissions to execute.

You need root or sudo permissions to run systemctl. /etc/rc.local should run as root.

once you enable a systemd service, it starts automatically at boot.
so there's no need for the script!
i would replace the last line with 'systemctl enable apache2' - but again, not scripted! only once!

reboot => instant joy!

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Thanks ondoho. VERY HELPFUL! That did it. On Fedora 26 I had to do

systemctl enable http


And that was the key. Now I have to search through and delete all my useless startup scripts! This thread can be closed. Again, thanks, everyone.

Bob

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Hehe, someone likes systemd

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