linux guru's please help

[Sicilian]

I recently purchased a Sumvision Cyclone MKV Media Enclosure/Player, Full 1080p with DTS. basically its a open source HD media player.

Its comes with a samba client to transfer files over network. I've just installed a FTP package that I found onto it.

To start the FTP server I have to telnet into it with this command: -

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/tmp/hdd/root/bftpd/bftpd_start 


Is there a way off adding a script in the linux file system to do this automatically on every reboot?

I've tried creating the following script & placing it in various place's, but not had any joy: -

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#!/bin/sh 
/tmp/hdd/root/bftpd/bftpd_start 
exit 0 


If anyone is interested this is the mediaplayer: -

[renwich]

you could try

/etc/init.d/rc.local

[Sicilian]

Originally Posted by renwich

you could try

/etc/init.d/rc.local

Thanks for the reply rennie

I've attached a screenshot of whats in my /etc/init.d/ directory.

Should I try creating a file called rc.local and add the following?

PHP Code:

#!/bin/sh 
/tmp/hdd/root/bftpd/bftpd_start 
exit 0 


[renwich]

can you upload the rcS file from /etc/init.d

[Sicilian]

Thank you for looking at this rennie, I've had a look through some of the files, so i've attached all that might be relevant.

Here's part of the code in rcS1: -

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# Start all init scripts in /etc/init.d
# executing them in numerical order.
#
for i in /etc/init.d/S??* ;do
     # Ignore dangling symlinks (if any).
     [ ! -f "$i" ] && continue 


After seeing that I created a script called S51inetd containing this, but still no joy: -

PHP Code:

#!/bin/sh 
/tmp/hdd/root/bftpd/bftpd_start 
exit 0 


[LraiZer]

maybe try putting a line in your /etc/inetd.conf to let inetd handle starting

your bftpd location

ftp stream tcp nowait root /usr/sbin/bftpd bftpd

[Sicilian]

Originally Posted by LraiZer

maybe try putting a line in your /etc/inetd.conf to let inetd handle starting

your bftpd location

ftp stream tcp nowait root /usr/sbin/bftpd bftpd

Just took a looks at my inetd.conf, there is a similar line, but its hashed out. Should I just remove the '#'?

I've attached the file.

Just to re-cap, the ftp server I installed works fine if I manually start it via telnet using: -

PHP Code:

/tmp/hdd/root/bftpd/bftpd_start 


[LraiZer]

if you already have /sbin/ftpd installed then just try removing the hash and reboot, otherwise add the line from previous post with no hash to try to use bftpd instead.

[Sicilian]

Ok right. This is what I've done so far with no joy. Thank for all the help so far

1. Edited inetd.conf to look like this: -

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#
# /etc/inetd.conf       A simple inetd.conf
#
# <service_name> <sock_type> <proto> <flags> <user> <server_path> <args>
#
# To re-read this file after changes, just do a 'killall -HUP inetd'
#
#
ftp     stream  tcp     nowait  root    /usr/sbin/bftpd bftpd
telnet  stream  tcp     nowait  root    /usr/sbin/telnetd  telnetd
#auth   stream  tcp     nowait  nobody  /usr/sbin/nullidentd nullidentd
www     stream  tcp     nowait  www-data        /usr/sbin/httpd httpd -h /var/www
#
# End of inetd.conf 


Transfered to /etc/ then chmod 664.

2. Created S51inetd and put into /etc/init.d/ Its looks like this, is this actually correct even? : -

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#!/bin/sh

/tmp/hdd/root/bftpd/bftpd_start

exit 0 


Once transferred I chmod 775 the above file.

Basically what i'm trying to achieve here is starting the ftp server I installed automatically on each re-boot instead of manually starting via telnet.

[Sicilian]

This might be relevant. I've just looked in /usr/sbin/ there no files that mention bftpd. See attached screenshot.