From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Wed Nov 19 19:12:31 2008 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 DEA9E1065672 for ; Wed, 19 Nov 2008 19:12:31 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from freebsd-questions-local@be-well.ilk.org) Received: from mail8.sea5.speakeasy.net (mail8.sea5.speakeasy.net [69.17.117.10]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id BA4308FC12 for ; Wed, 19 Nov 2008 19:12:31 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from freebsd-questions-local@be-well.ilk.org) Received: (qmail 3440 invoked from network); 19 Nov 2008 19:12:31 -0000 Received: from dsl092-078-145.bos1.dsl.speakeasy.net (HELO be-well.ilk.org) ([66.92.78.145]) (envelope-sender ) by mail8.sea5.speakeasy.net (qmail-ldap-1.03) with SMTP for ; 19 Nov 2008 19:12:31 -0000 Received: by be-well.ilk.org (Postfix, from userid 1147) id 177685085A; Wed, 19 Nov 2008 14:12:28 -0500 (EST) To: "Gary Hartl" References: <005701c949ce$bf38ef80$3daace80$@com> From: Lowell Gilbert Date: Wed, 19 Nov 2008 14:12:27 -0500 In-Reply-To: <005701c949ce$bf38ef80$3daace80$@com> (Gary Hartl's message of "Tue\, 18 Nov 2008 17\:41\:06 -0500") Message-ID: <441vx7cyxw.fsf@be-well.ilk.org> User-Agent: Gnus/5.11 (Gnus v5.11) Emacs/22.3 (berkeley-unix) MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Cc: FreeBSD Questions Subject: boot-time daemon startup (was Re: Newbie question) X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list Reply-To: FreeBSD Questions List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Wed, 19 Nov 2008 19:12:32 -0000 "Gary Hartl" writes: > I've been out of the bsd loop for a bit, i'm trying to setup nagios which is > fine > > > > There are a couple of settings that I either don't remember or never > remembered and forgot that I never knew it. > > > > Ok so nagios is asking me for an rc.d path, which if i recall FBSD doesn't > use it is a linux script path for starting services at different run levels. Any reason you're not installing it from the port? Someone has already done the porting effort for you. FreeBSD doesn't use runlevels in that sense, but it does have a fairly involved rc.d facility. Try "man rc.d". > So does FBSD emulate it for certain packages cause Nagios finds it at > /usr/local/etc/rc.d but the only thing i have in it is webmin.sh which is > for my webmin interface (although I must confess I'm not sure why it is > there or what it is doing). Presumably you installed webmin from the ports system? > I must also admit i feel rather retarded, since I used to know this stuff > like the back of my hand, but it's been 6-7 years since i've been actively > using FBSD but am looking to get back into it. That's okay; things haven't stayed static in the FreeBSD world anyway. > Rc.d anyone? On FreeBSD? Everyone, pretty much. > My assumption is that FBSD is using inetd for starting services correct? No. inetd isn't even started these days unless you override FreeBSD's defaults on purpose. -- Lowell Gilbert, embedded/networking software engineer, Boston area http://be-well.ilk.org/~lowell/