Date: Fri, 18 Nov 2005 21:15:25 +0100 From: martinko <martinkov@pobox.sk> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: starting services? Message-ID: <dllcot$4ca$1@sea.gmane.org> In-Reply-To: <20051117091909.00812699.lists@interpool.ca> References: <000001c5eb7d$240a47a0$d1c88a45@picklepie> <20051117091909.00812699.lists@interpool.ca>
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Gerry Freymann wrote: > On Thu, 17 Nov 2005 08:45:14 -0500 > "Lonnie Cumberland" <lonnie@outstep.com> wrote: > > >>I have just installed the Samba3 via the packages in the >>/stand/sysinstall but am not clear on how to start the daemon. I have >>had a lot of experience with Linux but have not learned a lot about >>FreeBSD yet and am working on it. > > > Welcome to FreeBSD. You didn't mention what version you are using, so I > can only speak definitively on v4. > > If you installed via the ports/packages, it should have dropped a start > up script in /usr/local/etc/rc.d (which is where a lot of the start > up/shut down scripts go for various programs). > > You may have something in there called samba.sh.sample. If you copy it or > rename it to samba.sh it will automatically start and stop samba for you > as needed. > > If you manually want to do this, you *must* use the full path to the > script: > > /usr/local/etc/rc.d/samba.sh start | stop > > You should find what you need in /usr/local/etc/rc.d > i wonder why i cannot start for instance ssh with /etc/rc.d/sshd start but i always have to use /etc/rc.d/sshd forcestart and similarly for stop, status, etc. any ideas pls ?? cheers, martin
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