Bug 771805

Summary:	rc.local doesn't run last (after everything else is booted)
Product:	[Fedora] Fedora	Reporter:	Scott Baker <scott>
Component:	systemd	Assignee:	systemd-maint
Status:	CLOSED DUPLICATE	QA Contact:	Fedora Extras Quality Assurance <extras-qa>
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Description Scott Baker 2012-01-05 02:44:08 UTC

Description of problem:
Traditionally /etc/rc.d/rc.local was run after all other services were started, this isn't the case any more. 

Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable):
systemd-37-3.fc16.x86_64

How reproducible:
Easily

Steps to Reproduce:
1. Create an /etc/rc.d/rc.local file
2. Put "ifconfig -a > /tmp/ifconfig.txt" in it
3. Reboot
  
Actual results:
Ethernet ports don't have IPs assigned when rc.local is run. I'm sure there are other services that start after this, but the network is one that I noticed.

It's worth noting that I have disabled NetworkManager, and am instead using "network".

Expected results:
/etc/rc.d/rc.local is the LAST thing to run after the system is booted up, but before the login prompt is shown. Users who have scripts that expect this behavior, specifically entries that start network services, will encounter problems.

Comment 1 Michal Schmidt 2012-01-05 10:38:37 UTC

We're changing rc-local to run after network.target in bug 754789, because talking to the network seems to be a common use-case.

However, running a service "after everything else" is not directly supported by systemd. Just plan to migrate away from using rc-local. Define your own service unit with whatever minimal dependencies are truly needed.

*** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of bug 754789 ***