Execution of /etc/rc.d/rc.local

[Geoffrey Leach]

On 05/16/2012 03:15:24 PM, Kevin Fenzi wrote:
> On Wed, 16 May 2012 15:50:14 -0400
> Tom Horsley <horsley1953 at gmail.com> wrote:
> 
> > On Wed, 16 May 2012 21:23:39 +0200
> > Heinz Diehl wrote:
> > 
> > > This is not true, you can hav as many blanks as you like.
> > > Try it.
> > 
> > Not as many as you like - I think the exec() service looks
> > only at about the first 32 characters or something like that.
> 
> I stand corrected. ;) 
> 
> So, why are you restarting nfs services there? 
> 
> The synclient won't work as rc.local has no connection to your 
> DISPLAY
> to make changes. 
> 
> How else are you seeing that commands there aren't running?
> 

Thanks for the tip on synclient

Restarting nfs services is being done because that was necessary in 
order to get a connection from the client. Admittedly that was several 
kernels ago :-)