execute a script on start up

Are you trying to edit your /etc/X11/xorg.conf every time your computer boots? Or, are you just trying to edit the /etc/X11.xorg.conf until you get it running correctly?

sorry, the xorg editing thing is just an example where i wanted to run a command during startup. wait, i found it! here's what im trying to execute during startup : [quote] sudo smbmount //192.168.1.2/Music /home/dbott/music -o username=dbott,password=mysecretpassword,uid=1000,mask=000 [/quote] i would like the samba share to mount automatically so that users wont execute this script anymore, and it requires sudo , which is not applicable to non admin users... [Modified by: r2b2 on April 19, 2008 12:41 AM]

yeah thats another thing,., but what about commands like ,for example start an application that requires sudo?

[quote=tophandcwby]When using debian and maybe ubuntu since it is derived from debian, to run a script at boot time, write the script and locate it at /etc/rc.local During the boot up process the script in /etc/init.d/rc.local checks for /etc/rc.local and if it's executable, runs it. This script will be run with root privilege so sudo is not needed. If you wanted to run a command in the script with another users privilege it would look something like sudo -u tom /path/to/command To learn more about start up scripts, run the command man boot-scripts[/quote] Here's what i did based on what i understand on the above post: I think i got it wrong because it is not working. 1. create a file called mountSamba and located it in /home/rvk Contents of /home/rvk/mountSamba (this will mount the samba share to my desktop) [quote] smbmount //samba/common /home/rvb/Desktop/samba/ -o username=rvb,uid=1000,mask=000 [/quote] 2. Make the file executable : [quote] sudo chmod +x /home/rvk/mountSamba [/quote] 3. Locate it in /etc/rc.local (as suggested above) Contents of /etc/rc.local : [quote] #!/bin/sh -e # # rc.local # # This script is executed at the end of each multiuser runlevel. # Make sure that the script will "exit 0" on success or any other # value on error. # # In order to enable or disable this script just change the execution # bits. # # By default this script does nothing. # the file that contains the command for mounting samba /home/rvk/mountSamba exit 0 [/quote] Then i rebooted the system. I was expecting that the samba will be automatically mounted on my desktop folder when the system starts, but to no avail. Please tell me if i did something in the above steps. Thanks!