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From: Jez Hancock <jez.hancock@munk.nu>
To: Hudson T Clark <dark_archon1@juno.com>
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Subject: Re: rc.conf and inetd.conf
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Hi Hudson,

On Thu, May 08, 2003 at 08:12:08AM -0700, Hudson T Clark wrote:
> Ok I figured out a lot from the two people that helped me out with this
> stuff. I got ssh working (I don't want telnet anymore!) I was just
> wondering I have been looking and the only two files I know of that
> control network services being started is rc.conf and inetd.conf what
> could be starting this smtp service?
The best resource/starting place is man rc.  You'll find lots of useful
info there and pointers to other manpages that cover what you need.

In particular, network services are started from
/etc/rc.network

Essentially the rc.network file slurps in the base defaults in
/etc/defaults/rc.conf first and then any settings you have in
/etc/rc.conf override those defaults.  These settings (variables) are
then used in each of the rc files called from the 'super rc' file,
/etc/rc (one of which is /etc/rc.network).

See also this post:
http://marc.theaimsgroup.com/?l=freebsd-questions&m=105231343528470&w=2
regarding rc network initialization.

Best Regards,
Jez