From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Wed Nov 28 00:14:14 2007 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id F361116A417 for ; Wed, 28 Nov 2007 00:14:13 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from jekillen@prodigy.net) Received: from smtp123.sbc.mail.sp1.yahoo.com (smtp123.sbc.mail.sp1.yahoo.com [69.147.64.96]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with SMTP id DCF0013C455 for ; Wed, 28 Nov 2007 00:14:13 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from jekillen@prodigy.net) Received: (qmail 90609 invoked from network); 28 Nov 2007 00:14:13 -0000 DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; q=dns; c=nofws; s=s1024; d=prodigy.net; h=Received:X-YMail-OSG:Mime-Version:In-Reply-To:References:Content-Type:Message-Id:Content-Transfer-Encoding:From:Subject:Date:To:X-Mailer; b=gVa4br5ZzEkHqMfRL5H4JMZ8/K+5EMHcit9ap/VfuoYTdYj9Ir6krex+4rbXC01WEWDd7O1zQXzhCZ0H2b+pXi49r9i7SZkl9i8Nw3eck6fOqHKVrWQ462iIgcNNnBJ9eCHb2b4UHYvaUKvNMXpQwgaxdKLVXL5VqQU2ocZYoyU= ; Received: from unknown (HELO ?75.7.236.228?) (jekillen@prodigy.net@75.7.236.228 with plain) by smtp123.sbc.mail.sp1.yahoo.com with SMTP; 28 Nov 2007 00:14:13 -0000 X-YMail-OSG: bqONZWEVM1mjP2AwnbjxsSd0M9t0iAvhgSmB2i.H0um1iJ9iLxdZS6luwcT5x.5g1dBiIhbmsg-- Mime-Version: 1.0 (Apple Message framework v622) In-Reply-To: <20071127055051.726E.GERARD@seibercom.net> References: <20071126055614.5FD1.GERARD@seibercom.net> <2854bfb4a1bd36877e398b36f610daf5@prodigy.net> <20071127055051.726E.GERARD@seibercom.net> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII; format=flowed Message-Id: Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit From: jekillen Date: Tue, 27 Nov 2007 16:15:12 -0800 To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailer: Apple Mail (2.622) Subject: Re: short Q 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: Wed, 28 Nov 2007 00:14:14 -0000 On Nov 27, 2007, at 2:50 AM, Gerard Seibert wrote: >> On November 26, 2007 at 07:53PM jekillen wrote: > >>> Did you install this from ports? If so. the script would have been >>> placed >>> there all ready. >> Yes, that is what provoked the original question. I had built and >> installed >> from source tarball in the past. But one machine was always a problem. >> Once I did install from ports I was lacking info. The startup script >> was not >> in /etc/rc.d (although I have subsequently got into on >> /usr/local/etc/rc.d) > > That is where it belongs! > >> I had followed instructions from MySQL documentation and put the >> script >> they supplied in /etc/rc.d; mysql.server, but for some reason the >> script >> did not actually start MyQSL. But the systems seems to look for some >> thing with mysql in the name and runs it if it is in /etc/rc.d. That >> is >> how >> I figured out what to do. (or maybe the system will try to run >> anything >> that is in /etc/rc.d if there is a corresponding enable line in >> rc.conf >> it >> understands). The academic question is, is the program that runs the >> startup routine, itself a script or is it a binary? >> Thanks > > If you are referring to the script in '/usr/local/etc/rc.d', it is > just a > plain script. You can edit it. No, I was referring to what ever runs the rc script. Is that init? ( could go back and look at Absolute BSD, and as a matter of fact I am awaiting delivery of the new edition as I write this. > > Is there a specific reason you installed from a tarball rather than > use the > ports system? I have always installed MySQL from ports without any > problems. Originally, I was in a hurry and was having trouble with ports. This approach had worked for three machines. But one I was having endless problems with. Meanwhile I got it together to get ports to work. But the port did not install a startup script for MySQL, at least in /etc/rc.d, > > Thank you for your response. Jeff K