I would like to add a printer at system startup if one is not present. I created /etc/rc.d/rc.local and made the file executable if [ ! -f "/etc/cups/ppd/Officejet-6700.ppd" ]; then   /sbin/lpadmin -p Officejet-6700 -o printer-is-shared=false -L "Office" -E -v hp:/net/Officejet_6700?ip=172.16.0.2 -m lsb/usr/HP/hp-officejet_6700.ppd.gz -d Officejet-6700   touch /root/createdprinter.txt else   touch /root/printerexists.txt fi After boot I get the file /root/createdprinter.txt but no printer was created. if the printer exists before I reboot I get /root/printerexists.txt so I know the startup script runs properly. I run the exact lpadmin command as the script in root terminal and works fine. Why does that command not want to work in a startup script?  Is the boot environment different?

Why does that command not want to work in a startup script?  Is the boot environment different? By default rc-local is not running; therefore, you will need to enable the server # systemctl enable rc-local

When you reboot your box the script will execute as long as the execute bit is on # chmod +x /etc/rc.local

On 9/10/18 9:33 AM, Earl A Ramirez wrote: > Why does that command not want to work in a startup script? Is the boot > environment different? > > By default rc-local is not running; therefore, you will need to enable the server > # systemctl enable rc-local That is unnecessary as it is a "static" service. Check the note in /lib/systemd/system/rc-local.service # This unit gets pulled automatically into multi-user.target by # systemd-rc-local-generator if /etc/rc.d/rc.local is executable. > When you reboot your box the script will execute as long as the execute bit is on > # chmod +x /etc/rc.local > Part of his script touches a file that he indicates does get created. (I'm assuming it previously didn't exist after a test. :-) :-) ) -- Cardinal Rule of Presentations: "Tell them what you are going to tell them, tell them, then tell them what you told them." _______________________________________________ users mailing list -- users(a)lists.fedoraproject.org To unsubscribe send an email to users-leave(a)lists.fedoraproject.org Fedora Code of Conduct: https://getfedora.org/code-of-conduct.html List Guidelines: https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines List Archives: https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/users@lists.fedoraproject.org