Bug 768666

Summary: /etc/rc.d/rc.local isn't used
Product: [Fedora] Fedora Reporter: Need Real Name <lsof>
Component: initscriptsAssignee: Bill Nottingham <notting>
Status: CLOSED NOTABUG QA Contact: Fedora Extras Quality Assurance <extras-qa>
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Version: 16CC: iarlyy, jonathan, lnykryn, notting, plautrba, rvokal
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Description Need Real Name 2011-12-17 18:41:00 UTC 
Description of problem:

rc.local seems to be ignored at boot despite following the docs:

"The /etc/rc.d/rc.local local customization script is no longer included by default. Administrators who need this functionality merely have to create this file, make it executable, and it will run on boot."
from http://docs.fedoraproject.org/en-US/Fedora/16/html/Release_Notes/sect-Release_Notes-Changes_for_Sysadmin.html

# ls -la /etc/rc.d/rc.local
-rwxr-xr-x. 1 root root 23 Dec 17 19:10 /etc/rc.d/rc.local

# cat /etc/rc.d/rc.local 
date > /tmp/date.txt &

# reboot

# cat /tmp/date.txt
cat: /tmp/date.txt: No such file or directory


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Comment 1 Bill Nottingham 2011-12-19 19:55:09 UTC 
/etc/rc.d/rc.local needs to start with a valid shell script header, such as: "#!/bin/sh"