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Subject: Re[2]: samhain - starts on boot?
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> fadeaway@gmail.com writes:

>> There is a script there but my understanding is that the scripts in
>> /usr/local/etc/rc.d and /etc/rc.d don't automatically start without
>> first being enabled through rc.conf & rc.conf.local? Or did I
>> misunderstand?

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asfar as I understand the process: At boot time the scripts in both
rc.d dirs are executed with $1=start. It is then the scripts
responsibility to decide if it starts unconditionally or if it looks
for some variable in /etc/rc.conf to give it a go/no-go decision.
So to answer your question: doing "rc.d/startupscriptname start"
should give you a fairly clear idea of what will happen during boot.

Hexren