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Date:      Sun, 10 Sep 2006 15:41:49 -0500
From:      ajm <ajm91qw@sbcglobal.net>
To:        freebsd-questions@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: Making startup order static
Message-ID:  <20060910204149.GB4512@powerfull.bsd>
In-Reply-To: <20060910181136.57823.qmail@web34410.mail.mud.yahoo.com>
References:  <20060910181136.57823.qmail@web34410.mail.mud.yahoo.com>

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On Sun, Sep 10, 2006 at 11:11:36AM -0700, White Hat wrote:
> FreeBSD 6.1
> 
> I need to keep several programs starting in a
> particular order.
> 
> clamav-clamd
> clamav-freshclam
> clamsmtpd
> saslauthd
> dovecot
> postfix
> fetchmail
> 
> By default, they do not start in that order. I have
> modified the rc.d files to force them to start in the
> order specified above.
> 
> The problem is that every time I update these programs
> the rc.d startup file is modified which destroys the
> changes I have made. This then requires me to recreate
> the modifications to force the start up order I
> require.
> 
> Is there anyway I can achieve this goal in a
> simplified manner? I thought perhaps there might be
> something I could add to the /etc/rc.conf file;
> however, I have not discovered it.
> 
> -- 
> 
> White Hat 
> pigskin_referee@yahoo.com
> 

It is my understanding the files get called in alphabetical order.
Look in your    /usr/local/etc/rc.d     directory.
I had a small problem with squid and dansguardian not being call in 
order.  Renaming one of them solved my problem.
I hope this help...

-- 
FreeBSD 6.0-RELEASE i386 GENERIC



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