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Date:      Fri, 15 Aug 2008 11:54:27 +0930
From:      Malcolm Kay <malcolm.kay@internode.on.net>
To:        freebsd-questions@freebsd.org
Cc:        kalin m <kalin@el.net>
Subject:   Re: rc.d ?
Message-ID:  <200808151154.27871.malcolm.kay@internode.on.net>
In-Reply-To: <48A4C756.9010405@el.net>
References:  <48A4C756.9010405@el.net>

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On Fri, 15 Aug 2008 09:31 am, kalin m wrote:
> hi all...
>
> i used to be able to put startup scripts in
> /usr/local/etc/rc.d/. now on a new 7 install i have the
> scripts there but after restart nothing happens....
>
Most startup scripts now require a line:
 enable_whatever="YES"
in rc.conf before they will run. This is also usually now the 
case also with scripts in /usr/local/etc/rc.d

Usually comment lines near the beginning of the script 
will elaborate enable_whatever

Malcolm

> using the example here:
> http://www.freebsd.org/doc/en/books/handbook/configtuning-star
>ting-services.html
>
> any particular reason?
>
> thanks..
>
>
>
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