ubuntu 18.04 で rc.local を使うには、/etc/rc.local を作成し、chmod u+x する。
/etc/rc.local
$ ls -l /etc/rc.local
-rwxr--r-- 1 root root 60 Feb 20 13:25 /etc/rc.local
$ cat /etc/rc.local
#!/bin/sh
echo hogehoge...
$
systemd で管理されていていて、その内容は以下の通り。
/lib/systemd/system/rc-local.service
# SPDX-License-Identifier: LGPL-2.1+
#
# This file is part of systemd.
#
# systemd is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it
# under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public License as published by
# the Free Software Foundation; either version 2.1 of the License, or
# (at your option) any later version.
# This unit gets pulled automatically into multi-user.target by
# systemd-rc-local-generator if /etc/rc.local is executable.
[Unit]
Description=/etc/rc.local Compatibility
Documentation=man:systemd-rc-local-generator(8)
ConditionFileIsExecutable=/etc/rc.local
After=network.target
[Service]
Type=forking
ExecStart=/etc/rc.local start
TimeoutSec=0
RemainAfterExit=yes
GuessMainPID=no