Have you tried the rc script that someone provided? It probably won't start from rc.local because all of the environment variables are not set. Mike ________________________________ From: centos-bounces at centos.org [mailto:centos-bounces at centos.org] On Behalf Of Mark Quitoriano Sent: Thursday, July 20, 2006 11:16 AM To: CentOS mailing list Subject: Re: [CentOS] executable on /etc/rc.local doesn't start i also tried to put the absolute path name for each scripts but it still doesn't work. On 7/20/06, Collins Richey < crichey at gmail.com <mailto:crichey at gmail.com> > wrote: On 7/19/06, Mark Quitoriano < markquitoriano at gmail.com <mailto:markquitoriano at gmail.com> > wrote: > hi yes it works. > when i start this manually i don't have problem but when i put the same > command on /etc/rc.local the tomcat doesn't start. > I haven't been following this too closely, but the usual reason for this discrepancy - works when executed manually but fails in a boot-time script or cron script, is reliance on the shell environment. Does each command executed by your script use absolute path names or do some of them rely on a (maybe not available at rc.local time) $PATH setting? -- Collins Richey If you fill your heart with regrets of yesterday and the worries of tomorrow, you have no today to be thankful for. _______________________________________________ CentOS mailing list CentOS at centos.org http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos -- Regards, Mark Quitoriano, CCNA Fan the flame... http://www.spreadfirefox.com/?q=user/register&r=19441