From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Thu Aug 31 02:17:24 2006 Return-Path: X-Original-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 5FD5E16A4DF for ; Thu, 31 Aug 2006 02:17:24 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from dwc@stilyagin.com) Received: from puffy.asicommunications.com (puffy.asicommunications.com [216.9.200.37]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id DE32943D53 for ; Thu, 31 Aug 2006 02:17:23 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from dwc@stilyagin.com) Received: from zloy.stilyagin.com (71-35-25-152.phnx.qwest.net [71.35.25.152]) by puffy.asicommunications.com (8.13.4/8.13.3) with ESMTP id k7V2HFNV029082 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=DHE-DSS-AES256-SHA bits=256 verify=NO); Wed, 30 Aug 2006 19:17:16 -0700 (MST) Received: (from dwc@localhost) by zloy.stilyagin.com (8.13.4/8.13.4/Submit) id k7V2H9Oq010426; Wed, 30 Aug 2006 19:17:09 -0700 (MST) Date: Wed, 30 Aug 2006 19:17:09 -0700 From: Darrin Chandler To: Jonathan Horne Message-ID: <20060831021709.GK20373@zloy.stilyagin.com> References: <200608302047.06425.freebsd@dfwlp.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <200608302047.06425.freebsd@dfwlp.com> User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.11 Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: not adding daemons to rc.conf X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Thu, 31 Aug 2006 02:17:24 -0000 On Wed, Aug 30, 2006 at 08:47:06PM -0500, Jonathan Horne wrote: > ive noticed that apache can be started manually using the apachectl tool, even > if it is not enabled in /etc/rc.conf. do many other daemons have this > ability? i have a dev server that i would like to not have many things > enabled in the rc.conf, but i would like an easy way to just start specific > daemons when i need. Why, yes. There's nothing "magical" about the rc mechanisms, and you are free to start daemons on your own. Be warned that there may be side effects with some daemons, being that they are not started the same way regarding login class or whatnot. But normally this won't be a problem. -- Darrin Chandler | Phoenix BSD Users Group dwchandler@stilyagin.com | http://bsd.phoenix.az.us/ http://www.stilyagin.com/ |