Running a shell script automatically

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Could any one please suggest me on which boot level or /etc/rc.x folder should I include my shell script so that it runs automatically immediately after login or just before the system prompts for login in LTS 12.04

Thanks

see this http://askubuntu.com/questions/814/how-to-run-scripts-on-start-up — Bibi424, May 21 '14 at 12:53
Look at this this Run a startup script with lightdm or Script to run when starting a user session for a script after login use this Where are the startup scripts for Unity Desktop? — TuKsn, May 21 '14 at 12:57

score 0 · Answer 1 · answered May 21 '14 at 13:12

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You may have it to run at runlevel 3, according to this http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Runlevel#Ubuntu.

I guess you can be sure to do the right thing not creating these links by yourself, but by using ad-hoc, standard programs. The usual command-line one is update-rc.d. Its manual page in section 8 of the manual is rich of details.

answered May 21 '14 at 13:12

Lorra

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actually running at runlevel 2 is working. As the documentation says for the ubuntu in the given link if i am running the script in third level the system is not making any attempts to run it. – Harsha May 22 '14 at 10:14
Sorry about that, it was a typo! – Lorra May 22 '14 at 12:17

score 0 · Answer 2 · answered May 21 '14 at 13:16

After login with your user add your script in ~/.bashrc file to run your script whenever the user login. Give execute permission on file.

sudo chmod +x script.sh

If you want to add these script for all user copy your script in /etc/profile.d/ directory.

Running a shell script automatically

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