adding route in serve startup

[Ken Gagliano]

I am trying to permanently enter a route in a startup file on a DEC Alpha Comoputer using Tru-64 Bit Unix V4.0G. I tried adding a file named route.S99 in the rc2.d directory that had the "route add" command line in it and it doesn't seem to work. Is this the proper way to do this or am I going about this wrong. What is the proper way to do this?

Thanks.

[Jean-Pierre Denis]

Hi,

yes that should do it.

Try running that file without restarting and see if the route are added.

Thanks,
JP

[william fitzgerald]

I work with Ken G. This is for remote access to a server via isdn line. A route was successfully added to /sbin/rc2.d/S99route using command 'route add -host destinationIP gatewayIP'. After executing the command we were able to see the server from the remote site, when we rebooted the server,we couldnt see it anymore. Is this the correct command and directory? Do we need to modify sbin/init.d/gateway, inet or inetd?

[Jean-Pierre Denis]

Hi,

After executing 'route add -host destinationIP gatewayIP' or S99route ?
You are loosing the route when you reboot. When rebooting it will reach runlevel 2 and execute your S99route. This script sould contain the 'route add -host destinationIP gatewayIP' command and your route will be added.

Is your system running in runlevel 2 ?

Thanks,
JP

[Jerome Henry]

I'm not much familiar with DEC alpha, but I've always thought one should set up network stuff at rc3.d, wherease r2.d was set for localc setting, not network ones...
HTH
J

[william fitzgerald]

Thank You JP and JH for your input, your comments led me to a solution. The server is in run level 3, we moved S99route from rc2.d to rc3.d, rebooted the server and the route remained, it looks like it worked.
Thanks again!

[Jerome Henry]

Happy it worked !!
J