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JP Silvashy
Asked: 2010-03-22 13:45:35 +0800 CST

Have a service start on startup with Ubuntu

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I'm not clear on how to start a service when the server boots, I read on some of the other questions asked about adding the script to /etc/init.d, but It's just one line that I need to execute in the commandline:

sudo /etc/init.d/avahi-daemon restart

But I have a few issues with this, firstly, I apparently need to use sudo, and it gives me the following:

ngl-server-01:~% sudo /etc/init.d/avahi-daemon start  
Rather than invoking init scripts through /etc/init.d, use the service(8)
utility, e.g. service avahi-daemon start

Since the script you are attempting to invoke has been converted to an
Upstart job, you may also use the start(8) utility, e.g. start avahi-daemon

But when I try just avahi-daemon start I get:

Too many arguments

Why is this? and how would you start this service?

Update

Similarly, how can I mount a disk on boot as well?

ubuntu avahi init.d

3 Answers

  1. If avahi-daemon is in /etc/init.d and you want to have it started at each boot, just add it to the startup scripts with:

    sudo update-rc.d avahi-daemon defaults

    But i'm surprised that avahi-daemon is not still linked in the required runlevels as it was probably added by the system.

    To have your disk mounted at boot, add a line in your fstab like suggested by Richard.

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  2. Best Answer

    You can start the service manually by using 

    sudo start avahi-daemon

    and not using 

    sudo avahi-daemon start

    If you want it so the service starts at boot. You need to have a look at adding a symlink to /etc/rc2.d/ to point at /etc/init.d/avahi-daemon. It is probably easier to read up on the programs sysv-rc-conf or update-rc.d

    For mounting a disk you need to edit /etc/fstab with the correct details. You need to know the device you are trying to mount (eg /dev/sdb1), the mount point (eg /mnt/data)and the filesystem.

    The entry in fstab will look something like this:

    /dev/sdb1    /mnt/data    ext3    defaults    0    2
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  3. I had a problem getting avahi-daemon to start on system startup in Ubuntu Server 12.04 even after doing sudo update-rc.d avahi-daemon defaults and I've solved it by changing AVAHI_DAEMON_DETECT_LOCAL from 1 to 0 in /etc/default/avahi-daemon (as proposed here).

    My understanding of the problem is that avahi-daemon started before my server was ready for networking. It tried to detect "unicast dns servers", obviously failed and exited afterwards. This is the default behavior. By changing AVAHI_DAEMON_DETECT_LOCAL to 0, I told avahi-daemon not to look for these servers when it starts.

    I've also figured that I did really not need to run sudo update-rc.d avahi-daemon defaults, so user MatToufoutu was right to doubt.

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