How to start daemons at the system startup in AIX servers


AIX 5.3

1. Create a rc.local file in /etc/
2. Apply proper permissions
a.    chown root:sys /etc/rc.local
b.    chmod 744 /etc/rc.local
3. Add an entry in /etc/inittab so whenever the server is rebooted the script will be started.
a. mkitab -i rcnfs "rclocal:2:wait:/etc/rc.local > /dev/console 2>&1"
4. add your services to rc.local


Article Number: 610
Posted: Tue, Jun 18, 2019 8:54 AM
Last Updated: Tue, Jun 18, 2019 8:54 AM

Online URL: http://kb.ictbanking.net/article.php?id=610