Date: Wed, 15 Aug 2001 15:46:31 -0500 From: Tony Wells <tony@camel.kdsi.net> To: Martin McCormick <martin@dc.cis.okstate.edu> Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Best Recommended Practice for Starting Daemons During Boot Message-ID: <3B7ADFA7.DC321AEF@camel.kdsi.net> References: <E15X6nx-0001rc-00@dc.cis.okstate.edu>
next in thread | previous in thread | raw e-mail | index | archive | help
The directory /usr/local/etc/rc.d is a default directory for system initialization scripts for rc to look at. 'man rc' for more intriguing info. :) Martin McCormick wrote: > > I have installed the ISC dhcp server on a FreeBSD system > and it appears to work so I am trying to get the startup command > included in the boot procedures. > > I followed the same pattern in rc.conf as is used by > named and ntpd but nothing happened. The documentation says that > rc.conf is not meant to start the daemons but supplies values to > the variables used in other scripts like rc.network. I also saw > a reference to rc.d and the system kindly creates a rc.d > directory in /usr/local/etc. > > What is the most elegant way to start a daemon that has > been added after system installation? > > Martin McCormick WB5AGZ Stillwater, OK > OSU Center for Computing and Information Services Data Communications Group > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
Want to link to this message? Use this URL: <https://mail-archive.FreeBSD.org/cgi/mid.cgi?3B7ADFA7.DC321AEF>