Bug 768666 - /etc/rc.d/rc.local isn't used
Summary: /etc/rc.d/rc.local isn't used
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Status: CLOSED NOTABUG
Alias: None
Product: Fedora
Classification: Fedora
Component: initscripts
Version: 16
Hardware: Unspecified
OS: Unspecified
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Assignee: Bill Nottingham
QA Contact: Fedora Extras Quality Assurance
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Reported: 2011-12-17 18:41 UTC by Need Real Name
Modified: 2014-03-17 03:29 UTC (History)
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Last Closed: 2011-12-19 19:55:09 UTC
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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"
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