Date: Wed, 22 Sep 1999 12:06:48 -0600 From: Matt Meola <mmeola@lookout.uswc.uswest.com> To: FreeBSD Questions <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: fetchmail Message-ID: <19990922120648.C8713@ima2wk6.uswc.uswest.com> In-Reply-To: <Pine.A41.4.03.9909201743060.137836-100000@tiwa.gate.net> References: <19990920154732.A293@rknebel.uplink.net> <Pine.A41.4.03.9909201743060.137836-100000@tiwa.gate.net>
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On Mon, Sep 20, 1999 at 05:47:48PM -0400, William Melanson wrote:
> On Mon, 20 Sep 1999, Rick Knebel wrote:
>
> %
> % Hi,
> % I want to start fetchmail as root during bootup.
> % What file should I put it into?
> %
>
> I'd put a simple shell script in /usr/local/etc/rc.d in which it starts
> off by sleeping for say... 30 seconds (or however long it'll take for your
> box to come up and establish network connection) then execute fetchmail
> accordingly.
This _may_ be fraught with peril, since it creates a race condition.
A better solution is to either:
1. Run fetchmail from /usr/local/etc/rc.d with the -d option,
making it a daemon; enable user-ppp dynamic dialing.
2. Run fetchmail from ppp.linkup -- this is more elegant, in that
it ONLY gets started when the link is up.
--
Matt Meola Bailey, Colorado
Amateur Radio Operator - KC0DXW http://www.qsl.net/kc0dxw
ARES District Six AEC
NRA Life Member
"Gun control means using two hands."
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