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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 :

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sudo smbmount //192.168.1.2/Music /home/dbott/music -o username=dbott,password=mysecretpassword,uid=1000,mask=000

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

Quote tophandcwby:

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

Quote tophandcwby:

To learn more about start up scripts, run the command
man boot-scripts

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)

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smbmount //samba/common /home/rvb/Desktop/samba/ -o username=rvb,uid=1000,mask=000

2. Make the file executable :

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sudo chmod +x /home/rvk/mountSamba

3. Locate it in /etc/rc.local (as suggested above)

Contents of /etc/rc.local :

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#!/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.

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# the file that contains the command for mounting samba
/home/rvk/mountSamba
exit 0

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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!