How can I set an executable program start automatically in root when starting the linux system?

user5032711

Part Number: AM5728

Tool/software: Linux

I compiled an executable program in C/C++,and I want to set the program start automatically in root when I start the linux system.But I found that login operation is after automatical starting program.How can I set the program start automatically in root account.Could systemd mechnism achieve it?

Thanks for any help.

over 7 years ago

0 Cvetolin Shulev-XID over 7 years ago

TI__Guru 65405 points

Hi user5032711,

Please refer to the linked tutorial about making script run at boot time:
debian-administration.org/.../Making_scripts_run_at_boot_time_with_Debian
Then your script can start your executable program.

BR
Tsvetolin Shulev

0 Cvetolin Shulev-XID over 7 years ago in reply to Cvetolin Shulev-XID

TI__Guru 65405 points

user5032711,

I would like to add some more clarifications.

Lets your executable program is named "yourapp".

You should create a service in folder /etc/systemd/system/ with name "testscript.service" for example.

[Unit]
Description=My test script
After=network.target

[Service]
ExecStart=/path_to_yourapp/yourapp
Type=oneshot
StandardOutput=kmsg+console

[Install]
WantedBy=multi-user.target

then execute the commands:

systemctl enable testscript.service
systemctl daemon-reload

Reboot the device yourapp should be executed.

Tsvetolin Shulev

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How can I set an executable program start automatically in root when starting the linux system?