autostart

[norman]

> > I would like to be able to have a script automatically start when my
> > machine is booted. I can see how to autostart an application but not a
> > script. I run Ubuntu 8.04. Thanks.
> edit the file /etc/rc.local, add a call to your script/program above the
> "exit 0" command there and it will be executed as last thing in the
> bootprocess. 
> note that the initscripts are executed as root though.

Thank you, very helpful to an oldie like me.

Norman