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Asked: 2012-06-22 12:42:51 +0800 CST

How to add a service to the S runlevel in Debian?

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I have the following script (what it does exactly is not important):

#!/bin/sh -e
### BEGIN INIT INFO
# Provides:          watchdog_early
# Required-Start:    udev
# Required-Stop:     
# Default-Start:     S
# Default-Stop:
# X-Interactive:     true
# Short-Description: Start watchdog early.
### END INIT INFO

# Do stuff here...

I insert it into the S runlevel by invoking:

insserv watchdog_early

The aproriate link is created in /etc/rcS.d:

S04watchdog_early -> ../init.d/watchdog_early

and /etc/init.d/watchdog_early is executable (has mode 755).

Despite all this, it is NOT being run at boot. Why?

debian service boot runlevel

1 Answers

  1. Post the full script.

    Your shebang line, "#!/bin/sh -e" will exit on error. If the error condition is met before your debug output / lines run, you won't see them.

    Alternately, remove the '-e' option and retry your script.

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