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====== /etc/rc.local on modern systemd ======

So the systemd crew thinks that rc.local is bad or something and it's not enabled by default. Put it back by making this file:

  sudo nano /etc/systemd/system/rc-local.service

with content:

<code>
[Unit]
 Description=/etc/rc.local Compatibility
 ConditionPathExists=/etc/rc.local
 After=remote-fs.target

[Service]
 Type=forking
 ExecStart=/etc/rc.local start
 TimeoutSec=0
 StandardOutput=tty
 RemainAfterExit=yes
 SysVStartPriority=99

[Install]
 WantedBy=multi-user.target
</code>

Note: the "After=remote-fs.target" is something I added so it would wait for NFS. If you don't need NFS to be up, you can remove that line.

Enable this new service:

  sudo systemctl enable rc-local
  
Make a new fresh rc.local:

  printf '%s\n' '#!/bin/bash' 'exit 0' | sudo tee /etc/rc.local
  sudo chmod +x /etc/rc.local

If that doesn't work, the coward's way out is to use the @reboot cron specifier. 

Source for the above: [[https://www.linuxbabe.com/linux-server/how-to-enable-etcrc-local-with-systemd|this]] plus [[https://forums.fedoraforum.org/showthread.php?290491-F18-NFS-and-rc-local|this for NFS support]].

===== Launch something in a screen session =====

If you're looking for my jank-as-hell command that launches something in a screen session on behalf of a user, here it is:

  sudo -H -u <USERNAME> screen -dmS <SESSIONNAME> sh -c 'cd <PATH> && ./<SCRIPT_TO_RUN>'