[PLUG] Debian question, running pump on boot

[Kenneth G. Stephens]

On Monday 02 September 2002 06:14 am, Vincent Damewood wrote:
> Greetings all,
>
> I have recently installed debian on my system, and I
> have a few problems. I belive I can handle most of
> them, but I can't figure out one of them, due to the
> fact that the docs are a total labrynth.
>
> I have a DSL connection using DHCP. I have pretty much
> figured out how to set it up, except that I need to
> run pump to get the thing started. I've been running
> it manually until now, but I need it to run when I
> boot my computer. Which script would I edit, and where
> in the script would be the best place to put it?
Vincent,

I am only one dimensional in that I run exclusively Redhat distributions.
In Redhat there is a command chkconfig:
chkconfig --list
will give you all the startup states.
chkconfig --level 345 pump on  
turns pump on for boot levels 3, 4 , and 5.  See /etc/inittab for explanation 
of boot levels.

Another dhcp client is dhcpcd.  There is another explanation at:
www.scroung.org/dhcpcd.html.

HTH, Good Luck
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