Script won't Start on Logon of Raspberry Pi 3

Question

I am wrote a Bash script that will be run on log-on for the Raspberry Pi running Kali Linux.

The issue lies when the linux system starts up, I have to physically SSH into the terminal for the script to run! Why?

I put the script inside, .bash_profile, which is a known file to be called at start-up.

I also made sure to allow for automatic root log-on, after boot.

score 1 · Answer 1 · answered Jun 04 '16 at 11:58

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.bash_profile is executed when you login via tty or terminal emulator (or ssh), you should put your script into .profile instead.

answered Jun 04 '16 at 11:58

Michal Polovka

Thanks for your response! Do I put it at the end of the file? – Nicholas Adamou Jun 04 '16 at 11:59
exactly, put it at the end of file – Michal Polovka Jun 04 '16 at 12:00
@AndroidDev I know, currently testing his idea and if it works I'll mark it as thus. – Nicholas Adamou Jun 04 '16 at 12:12
Okay, I put the script call at the end of the .profile file, and rebooted the system. It had no effect. – Nicholas Adamou Jun 04 '16 at 12:25
That's kind of strange. Only a blind call - have you marked your script as executable? – Michal Polovka Jun 04 '16 at 13:04
yeah, I used chmod +x bootloader.sh and then inside the .profile, I put ./bootloader.sh at the very end of the .profile file. – Nicholas Adamou Jun 04 '16 at 13:06
Please try to put absolute address of file, like /home/xxx/.sh – Michal Polovka Jun 04 '16 at 13:09
the absolute would be .~/bootloader.sh if its in root right? – Nicholas Adamou Jun 04 '16 at 13:10
OK, I did a little research, try this http://askubuntu.com/questions/290099/how-to-run-a-script-during-boot-as-root – Michal Polovka Jun 04 '16 at 13:15
Okay I'll try those later. – Nicholas Adamou Jun 04 '16 at 13:30

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