start KNOPPIX customized with nfs, samba and ssh (as a serve

[v-lee]

Hi,

I investigated a lot of time for a solution, hopefully you can give me some hints how to proceede...

My challenge:

Have an old P166 which I want to use as a storage server (one CD./ one CDRW drive and floppy
I could have NO screen at the place of the computer.

How can I start the computer with an automatic start of nfs, samba and ssh deamon (including all customized configurations run as server)?
I only want to put the CD inside and thats it. All further access I wand to do via ssh or vnc.

Is there any other solution to start a (deamon)script automaticly after starting knoppix without typing some boot prompt? Maybe via floppy?


Thank you for your ideas
v-lee

[enlightened_j]

You can start system daemon by editing /etc/inittab

[gagp17]

enlightened_j
Would you mind commenting on what needs to be done with /etc/inittab ?
I tried adding "# Start ssh on startup
ss:4:wait:/etc/init.d/ssh start" (from http://www.knoppix.net/wiki/Configuration_Howto ), but it didn't work
Thanks!

[UnderScore]

Don't edit /etc/inittab
It only defines the runlevels & is not used to start or stop services. If you wish to have specific thing happen upon boot up of the Knoppix CDROM, then google or search the forums for knoppix.sh. One such website I found is http://staff.washington.edu/gray/kserver.html "Building a Silent PC: My Quest for Quiet Chapter 5: A Nearly Noiseless Knoppix Server"

If you have a HD installed system and you want specifc services to be run by default then read http://www.debian.org/doc/FAQ/ch-customizing.en.html "The Debian GNU/Linux FAQ Chapter 10 - Customizing your installation of Debian GNU/Linux"

I hope this helps.
James

[gagp17]

Thanks, James!

I have HDD installed system. -- Here is what I did - and it worked for running SSH server at start-up (that's what I was interested in):
[quote="Markus"]

su
update-rc.d ssh defaults

{More interesting stuff here http://www.knoppix.net/forum/viewtop...ht=ssh+startup }

Off: Chapter 10 seems to be very useful, particularly, 10.6 - except I have no clue what any of these scripts should look like

[UnderScore]

Unless you have written a truly custom program or service (something not normal like sshd) then you do not need to understand or edit scripts.

my-test-system:~ # cd /etc
my-test-system:/etc # grep default inittab
# The default runlevel is defined here
id:5:initdefault:
# runlevel 0  is  System halt   (Do not use this for initdefault!)
# runlevel 6  is  System reboot (Do not use this for initdefault!)
my-test-system:/etc # cd rc5.d/
my-test-system:/etc/rc5.d # ls
.               K10running-kernel  S01hotplug       S12fbset
..              K10sshd            S01isdn          S12ldap
K07splash_late  K12nfs             S01random        S12running-kernel
K07xdm          K12nfsboot         S02coldplug      S12sshd
K08cron         K14portmap         S05network       S13kbd
K08hwscan       K14resmgr          S06syslog        S13postfix
K08nscd         K14slpd            S08portmap       S13powersaved
K08xinetd       K14smbfs           S08resmgr        S13splash
K09postfix      K14splash_early    S08slpd          S14cron
K09powersaved   K16syslog          S08smbfs         S14hwscan
K09splash       K17network         S08splash_early  S14nscd
K10alsasound    K20coldplug        S10nfs           S14xinetd
K10arpwatch     K21hotplug         S10nfsboot       S15splash_late
K10fbset        K21isdn            S12alsasound     S15xdm
K10ldap         K21random          S12arpwatch
my-test-system:/etc/rc5.d # ls -l S12arpwatch
lrwxrwxrwx  1 root root 7 Aug 11  2004 S12arpwatch -> ../init.d/arpwatch
my-test-system:/etc/rc5.d #

In the above example I use grep to identify the default runlevel which is runlevel 5. This means that on every boot the system runs the services defined under runlevel 5. Then I do a ls to see all the services in runlevel 5. Then I do a ls -l on S12arpwatch and I find that it is really a link (or a pointer) to a script that resides at /etc/init.d/arpwatch.

In Debian runlevels are named conventionally (0-6 and S). They are represented by directories in /etc/ called rc*.d.

* /etc/rc0.d
* /etc/rc1.d
* /etc/rcS.d
* /etc/rc2.d
* /etc/rc3.d
* /etc/rc4.d
* /etc/rc5.d
* /etc/rc6.d

If I wanted to run CUPS which is the printing system, in runlevel 5, I would first identify the services name and in this case it is cupsys.
I could manually create a link to make cupsys run in runlevel5.
# cd /etc/rc5.d/
# ln -s ../init.d/cupsys S16cupsys
# ls -l S16cupsys
rwxrwxrwx 1 root root 7 Aug 11 2004 S16cupsys -> ../init.d/cupsys

The "S16" is necessary because it identifies the function and the order to start or stop the services. All the links to services have a this prefix where S is for start, K is for kill or stop and the number sets the order.

To remove cupsys from runlevel 5
# cd /etc/rc5.d/
# rm S16cupsys

Or I can use the update-rc.d command to deal with all the details. I would enter the command:
# update-rc.d cupsys defaults

To remove Remove cupsys from all runlevels:

# update-rc.d -f cupsys remove

This post was written based on the following links:
http://gentoo-wiki.com/TIP_Converting_from_or_to_Debian
http://linux.rice.edu/help/tips-services.html

[gagp17]

Thanks, UnderScore! Now I think I get it - though I probably don't