[Lug-nuts] rc.local

Before, I could just add things to rc.local if I wanted them to run at start up.According to the systemd docs, I should still be able to do that. According to the web, and my experience, it doesn't work. NP. I'll just make a systemd unit and do it right. There are 12 different kinds. Trying to read the docs and figure out what to do is going to be fun. I just copy a template from the web that is suppose to do what I want. There apparently aren't any tools to make this easier because, "It's all really simple already." Conceptually, it does look fairly straightforward, if I had the info I needed. Which is probably there. I just have to do a lot of reading and get a lot of religion. My executable runs and does what I want. Let's fire up the systemd service and see what happens. Oh, SELinux happens. I haven't played with SELinux. Perhaps now is a good time to learn. I am somewhat curious why the SELinux interface tells me a temporary workaround and not a permanent fix. But, with what it does tell me, I figure I have to learn about SELinux policies. Are you kidding me? I have to install an _devel package. I can follow the cookie cutter script, which has 10 nontrivial steps. I start, but I don't get the results that the script tells me I should. Since I don't know what I'm doing, I have no idea if this will be a problem or not. There are only 10 or so man pages I need to read. I'm sure none of them are short. How long has this stuff been around now? Am I missing something? Because it looks like something I stepped in once. We went from adding a line in a file, to all this. It is allegedly more secure.But it looks to me that things could be a lot easier and someone made a big mistake somewhere. I haven't decided how I'll proceed. I either turn off SELinux and start my stuff automatically. Or keep starting it manually, as I do now. It's on a box I like to keep secure, so there is that. Is there a way out or around that I have missed?