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I installed vnstats to see bandwidth statistics, I copied an init.d file tempalte, I placed it in init.d directory, it works ok to access this file and do start/restart/status, but this file should start automatically on system boot, correct? It doesn't start, how can I debug this? If after system boot I do init.d/vnstat then it starts.

I am running Centos 5

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most topics mention chkconfig but: "chkconfig: command not found" maybe there is another way ?! – adrianTNT Jan 6 at 23:06
Obvious question, have you got chkconfig package installed? Is it in your $PATH environment variable? If you're desperate you can always drop it in rc.local, linuxquestions.org/questions/linux-newbie-8/… else setup symlinks manually but obviously chkconfig is the more 'proper way' of doing things. – user1125087 Jan 6 at 23:17
Found it installed in /sbin/chkconfig , thanks. – adrianTNT Jan 7 at 10:00
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If you write an init script with the correct syntax, you can turn it into a service:

chkconfig --add vnstats

after that, you can turn it on or off for certain runlevels:

chkconfig --level 345 vnstats on

You can also manually start or stop services with the service command, using the functions declared in the script itself. For example, if your script has a function called stop and one called start, you can use

service vnstats stop and service vnstats start

Suggested reading: the official documentation

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bash: chkconfig: command not found. Should the files in init.d start automatically? Is there another way ? – adrianTNT Jan 6 at 23:04
I would expect it to be installed by default, what is the result of running yum info chkconfig – becomingwisest Jan 7 at 0:41
Yum said chkconfig WAS installed, so I found it in /sbin/chkconfig and I had to use full path when calling the above instructions: /sbin/chkconfig --add vnstat – adrianTNT Jan 7 at 9:59
I have a question tough. Even before the chkconfig --add I seen the service "vnstatd" stopped with --status-all, I am not sure if the -add command should contain vnstat or vnstatd, should it match the file name inside /etc/init.d/ folder? I added it with "--add vnstat" and the service status refers to it as "vnstatd". Thanks. – adrianTNT Jan 7 at 10:02
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If the init.d has a chkconfig setting, they you can chkconfig --add vnstat; chkconfig vnstat on

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You should really follow earlier suggestions of adding a chkconfig section to your initfile, but if you're lazy and want to work around this, you can just symlink the file yourself like this:

ln -s /etc/init.d/vnstat /etc/rc3.d/S90vnstat

If you want to pursue the chkconfig path and lack the chkconfig package, install it with: yum install chkconfig

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