/etc/rc.local does not run at boot

[Tom H]

>> Do you have symbolic links to /etc/init.d/rc.local in /etc/rcX.d?

> These are the symbolic links that run rc.local:

> root at arriba /etc# grep -r  rc.local rc*.d
> rc2.d/S99rc.local:      if [ -x /etc/rc.local ]; then
> rc2.d/S99rc.local:              log_begin_msg "Running local boot
> scripts (/etc/rc.local)"
> rc2.d/S99rc.local:              /etc/rc.local
> rc3.d/S99rc.local:      if [ -x /etc/rc.local ]; then
> rc3.d/S99rc.local:              log_begin_msg "Running local boot
> scripts (/etc/rc.local)"
> rc3.d/S99rc.local:              /etc/rc.local
> rc4.d/S99rc.local:      if [ -x /etc/rc.local ]; then
> rc4.d/S99rc.local:              log_begin_msg "Running local boot
> scripts (/etc/rc.local)"
> rc4.d/S99rc.local:              /etc/rc.local
> rc5.d/S99rc.local:      if [ -x /etc/rc.local ]; then
> rc5.d/S99rc.local:              log_begin_msg "Running local boot
> scripts (/etc/rc.local)"
> rc5.d/S99rc.local:              /etc/rc.local

>> What is the output of
>> find /etc -name *rc\.local -print0 ¦ xargs -0 ls -l

> root at arriba /# find /etc -name *rc\.local -print0 ¦ xargs -0 ls -l
> find: paths must precede expression
> Usage: find [-H] [-L] [-P] [path...] [expression]

> I don't know much about using find but your syntax didn't work.

Although I meant to have a "\" in from of the "*", my syntax works:

root at lucidbox:~# find /etc -name \*rc\.local -print0 | xargs -0 ls -l
-rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 801 2009-09-07 14:58 /etc/init.d/rc.local
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root  18 2010-02-11 11:19 /etc/rc2.d/S99rc.local ->
../init.d/rc.local
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root  18 2010-02-11 11:19 /etc/rc3.d/S99rc.local ->
../init.d/rc.local
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root  18 2010-02-11 11:19 /etc/rc4.d/S99rc.local ->
../init.d/rc.local
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root  18 2010-02-11 11:19 /etc/rc5.d/S99rc.local ->
../init.d/rc.local
-rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 306 2010-01-13 02:16 /etc/rc.local

root at lucidbox:~# find /etc -name *rc\.local -print0 | xargs -0 ls -l
-rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 801 2009-09-07 14:58 /etc/init.d/rc.local
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root  18 2010-02-11 11:19 /etc/rc2.d/S99rc.local ->
../init.d/rc.local
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root  18 2010-02-11 11:19 /etc/rc3.d/S99rc.local ->
../init.d/rc.local
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root  18 2010-02-11 11:19 /etc/rc4.d/S99rc.local ->
../init.d/rc.local
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root  18 2010-02-11 11:19 /etc/rc5.d/S99rc.local ->
../init.d/rc.local
-rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 306 2010-01-13 02:16 /etc/rc.local

root at lucidbox:~# find /etc -name *rc.local -print0 | xargs -0 ls -l
-rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 801 2009-09-07 14:58 /etc/init.d/rc.local
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root  18 2010-02-11 11:19 /etc/rc2.d/S99rc.local ->
../init.d/rc.local
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root  18 2010-02-11 11:19 /etc/rc3.d/S99rc.local ->
../init.d/rc.local
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root  18 2010-02-11 11:19 /etc/rc4.d/S99rc.local ->
../init.d/rc.local
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root  18 2010-02-11 11:19 /etc/rc5.d/S99rc.local ->
../init.d/rc.local
-rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 306 2010-01-13 02:16 /etc/rc.local

I think that it is the "¦" that you must have copied and pasted that
has created the problem. I typed in to gmail and it is different from
the ones above that I copied and pasted. Sorry.

Anyway, I wanted to know whether the links were there and your grep
shows that they are. Cannot think of anything else that would cause
your problem at the moment...