How to have XAMPP launch at start up?

Robert.Thompson · 09-28-2011, 10:26 AM

Hello:

I installed XAMPP and would like it to 'start' when I launch SlackWare.

Now, I must become 'root' and issue the following:

Code:

bash-4.1# /opt/lampp/lampp start

I would like to know which file(s) I need to alter and what that alteration should be.

Also, should I issue the 'stop' command to XAMPP upon closing SlackWare, and if so, what and where?

EDIT: I gave up googling for XAMPP startup and found: http://humanreadable.nfshost.com/sde...p_shutdown.htm.

It seems that I should add 'something' to my etc/rc.d/rc.local file.

Do I just paste the command that I use as 'root'? I have no experience with scripts.

Thanks for any advice on this,

hakan56 · 09-28-2011, 01:55 PM

Yes, you are on the right track..

..put the command in /etc/rc.d/rc.local, then you take a copy of it and rename it to rc.local_shutdown ...and change the command to stop instead of start. Make sure they are "+x" (chmod +x filename).

Look in /etc/rc.M to see the start..

Quote:

# Start the local setup procedure.
if [ -x /etc/rc.d/rc.local ]; then
. /etc/rc.d/rc.local
fi

..and if you look in /etc/rc.6 the stop..

Quote:

# Run any local shutdown scripts:
if [ -x /etc/rc.d/rc.local_shutdown ]; then
/etc/rc.d/rc.local_shutdown stop
fi

edit, maybe this is better for stopping, change /etc/rc.6..

Quote:

# Stop the Apache web server:
if [ -x /etc/rc.d/rc.httpd ]; then
/etc/rc.d/rc.httpd stop
fi

..to..

Quote:

# Stop the Apache web server:
if [ -x /opt/lampp/lampp ]; then
/opt/lampp/lampp stop
fi

/Håkan