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From: Bill Moran <wmoran@potentialtech.com>
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Subject: Re: Strange startup behaviour.
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In response to Danny Carroll <fbsd@dannysplace.net>:

> Since I recently started using freebsd as a adsl gateway I have noticed
> some strange things at startup.
> 
> /etc/rc.d/natd does not get executed.   If I run it manually it works
> fine but not at boot time.
> 
> I just rebooted now and (again) had to re-start natd.  Looking at the
> startup scipts I see some strange things.  The access time on some
> scripts is from yesterday.
> 
> I wonder if someone might have an idea on where I'd start to look at
> this, or perhaps has seen this behaviour before?   The systems is 7.2 P5.

Probably good to attach your rc.conf file, as that's the most likely thing
that's wrong, given the information you provided.

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