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[dahlqvist@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx (Anders Dahlqvist)]

You should not enter them in /etc/inittab!
Simple:If you want them to execute immediately after boot before you reach 
any run-level you should put them in /etc/boot.local. That is probably what 
you want. 
More complicated but very efficient:
If you want them to execute at a certain run-level you should write a script
in /sbin/init.d/ and link it to /sbin/init.d/rcX.d where X is the appropriate 
runlevel(s). Plural if you want to access the services the script provides at 
several runlevels. The script should be linked  to SYYsomething (the start 
script) and KZZsomething (the kill script) - where YY and ZZ are numbers 
between 00 and 99.
The principle should be clear if you study the contents of  the 
/sbin/init.d/rcX.d  directories. There is a skeleton script that you can use 
as a model  - /sbin/init.d/skeleton. If you want to comply 100%  whith the 
SuSE rc-concept you should also make a link to /usr/sbin and call it 
rcsomething.
Hope this helps

Anders

%x skrev Daniel Casey:
> On SuSE 6.4, where is the correct place to put some commands to run at
> startup?
>
> Can I put an entry in inittab to run a script that has my commands or
> is there someplace I can insert the commands directly?
>
> Thanks,
>
> Daniel


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