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Persistence and Startup Locations
| /etc/rc.local | Legacy startup script |
| /etc/init.d/, /etc/rc*.d/ | Init scripts |
| /etc/systemd/system/, /lib/systemd/system/ | Systemd service units |
| ~/.bashrc, ~/.profile, ~/.bash_profile | User startup shell scripts (can be abused) |
| /etc/profile, /etc/bash.bashrc | System-wide shell startup scripts |
| ~/.config/autostart/*.desktop | GUI auto-start entries (GNOME/KDE) |