[NTLUG:Discuss] Hosed up my system

[bryn konti]

Question: As a technical point what would the
difference be between scripts or programs started in
the background by various runlevels.....they (the
symbolic links to the programs or scripts)are called
daemons if they are referenced to the /etc/init.d
directory or is that incorrect??  

--- Chris Cox <cjcox at acm.org> wrote:
> bryn konti wrote:
> 
> >I think the way linux auto starts network services
> is
> >through the network daemon, although I'm not
> certain
> >
> The terminology here is a bit off... this is usually
> done with an
> rc script... sometimes it is called network.  The
> network is
> intialized in runlevel 2 with additional services
> (typically)
> like NFS in runlevel 3.  The solution is likely in
> /etc/sysconfig
> though... see below.
> 
> >
> >if this is typical for PPP.  When you go into
> rescue
> >mode you  might see if there is a symbolic link to
> the
> >network daemon in whatever run-level you are using
> >(usually 5 to use X). If the link to the network
> >daemon is there copy it to your /root folder and
> >reboot the machine (you can put the link back after
> >you get PPP running). Removing the network daemon
> link
> >from runlevel (5?) might eliminate the system hang
> by
> >stopping ppp from auto starting at boot. You might
> >also want to check /var/log/messages for startup
> >errors in the last lines if the problem
> persists......
> >example:
> >tail /var/log/messages
> >
> >
> >--- Patrick Parks <patrick at patrickparks.com> wrote:
> >
> >>In the process of trying to get my dial up
> >>connection going, I enabled
> >>somewhere for ppp0 to start on boot up and it
> don't,
> >>it just hangs. I
> >>know how to boot off the CD and go to the rescue
> >>screen to fix the
> >>problem, but I don't know where to go to disable
> >>this in startup. Can
> >>anyone point me in the right direction please?
> >>Running RedHat 7.2
> >>thanks.
> >>
> 
> In Redhat you'll find the interface configurations
> defined in
> /etc/sysconfig/network-scripts.  Look for the
> ifcfg-* files.
> You may have one defined there for ppp.  You can
> rename it
> and see if that helps.
> 
> >>
> >>
> >>Patrick Parks
> >>Radio Frequency Engineer
> >>Berliner Communications
> >>www.bcisites.com
> >>parksp at bcisites.com
> >>(504) 723-6460
> >>(972) 354-7712 (Fax)
> >>
> >>
> >
> >
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