Date: Wed, 11 Aug 2004 15:44:48 -0400 (EDT) From: Jerry McAllister <jerrymc@clunix.cl.msu.edu> To: wmoran@potentialtech.com (Bill Moran) Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: order of starting services at boot? Message-ID: <200408111944.i7BJims06897@clunix.cl.msu.edu> In-Reply-To: <20040811114048.7a462f53.wmoran@potentialtech.com> from "Bill Moran" at Aug 11, 2004 11:40:48 AM
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> > Jerry McAllister <jerrymc@clunix.cl.msu.edu> wrote: > > > > > > > Hello, > > > > > > Can anybody explain to me how FreeBSD 5.2.1 controls the start order of > > > the scripts in /etc/rc.d ? > > > > I think it is just "alphabetic" order according to whatever sort > > order is in effect. > > But that _is_ how 4.X and previous version did it. But I think it's > changed in 5.x. OH, I overlooked that he specified 5.2.1. Haven't worked on that yet. Sorry, ////jerry > 5.x has a some new stuff built into rcng which allows you to specify > dependencies so that (for example) your database application doesn't > start until the database server is up and running. > > I don't know the details of how it works yet. It's on my TODO list to > take some time to research it and understand the new features available, > but I haven't got to it yet. Rhodes has apparently been busy, though, > since there is a new section in the handbook on rcng: > > http://www.freebsd.org/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/configtuning-rcng.html > > -- > Bill Moran > Potential Technologies > http://www.potentialtech.com
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