Run a script on first boot after install in 16.04

Josef Wolf jw at raven.inka.de
Wed Jul 13 09:14:54 UTC 2016


On Di, Jul 12, 2016 at 03:42:42 -0400, Tom H wrote:
> On Tue, Jul 12, 2016 at 1:01 AM, Josef Wolf <jw at raven.inka.de> wrote:
> > On Fr, Jul 08, 2016 at 11:54:16 +0200, Ralf Mardorf wrote:
> >> On Thu, 7 Jul 2016 20:14:06 +0200, Josef Wolf wrote:
> >>>
> >>> Unfortunately, with 16.04, this won't work anymore. The symlinks
> >>> in /etc/rcS.d are created, but the scripts won't be run at startup.
> >>
> >> Ubuntu switched from upstart to systemd.
> >> Install the script to some /path/to/foo.sh, then add a
> >> unit /lib/systemd/system/foo.service, e.g.
> >> [ ... ]
> >> and enable start on bootup by executing
> >>
> >> sudo systemctl enable foo.service
> >
> > I need to reboot, login and run "sudo systemctl enable foo.service" manually.
> > I am looking for a way to activate this service from preseeding by
> > late-command.
> 
> d-i doesn't have systemd as pid 1 so you have to add/remove symlinks
> manually to enable/disable a service.

Yes, creting the links manually did the trick, thanks!

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Josef Wolf
jw at raven.inka.de




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