[Bug 882254] Re: /etc/rc.local is not executed at startup

[Raimund Hölle]

> When installing how, with what version of Ubuntu?

Same Version as reported by Florian, see bug description: 11.10 amd64

> This bug was reported against Ubuntu 11.10. The initscripts package in
Ubuntu 11.10 includes an /etc/rc.local file that is marked executable.

I don't know whats marked as whatsoever - but after installation of
Ubuntu 11.10 (x86_64) it is possible that /etc/rc.local  is not
executable.

I've double checked that in the moment by performing two identical fresh
installations on different hardware and it seems to be a strange
behaviour:

* HP EliteBook 8560p, i5-2540M, SSD: NOT executable
* Virtual machine (VMware ESXi):  executable

Installations were done by booting the live CD per PXE, then performing
"apt-get upgrade".

>> So chmod -x /etc/rc.local makes the trick.
> No, that does the exact opposite of what you want.

Right, it's a typo, correct is: chmod +x /etc/rc.local

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Title:
  /etc/rc.local is not executed at startup

Status in “sysvinit” package in Ubuntu:
  Incomplete

Bug description:
  /etc/rc.local is not executed at startup in 11.10. In 11.04 this was
  not the case. Is there any alternative?

  Greetz,
  Florian

  ProblemType: Bug
  DistroRelease: Ubuntu 11.10
  Package: upstart 1.3-0ubuntu10
  ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.0.0-12.20-generic 3.0.4
  Uname: Linux 3.0.0-12-generic x86_64
  ApportVersion: 1.23-0ubuntu3
  Architecture: amd64
  Date: Wed Oct 26 22:15:00 2011
  ProcEnviron:
   LANGUAGE=
   PATH=(custom, no user)
   LANG=de_DE.UTF-8
   SHELL=/bin/bash
  SourcePackage: upstart
  UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to oneiric on 2011-10-24 (2 days ago)

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