Date: Sun, 20 Nov 2005 17:11:04 -0500 From: Gerard Seibert <gerard@seibercom.net> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re[2]: starting services? Message-ID: <20051120170734.D896.GERARD@seibercom.net> In-Reply-To: <dllcot$4ca$1@sea.gmane.org> References: <20051117091909.00812699.lists@interpool.ca> <dllcot$4ca$1@sea.gmane.org>
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On Friday, November 18, 2005 3:15:25 PM, martinko <martinkov@pobox.sk> Subject: Re: starting services? Wrote these words of wisdom: > 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 ***** REPLY SEPARATOR ***** On 10/11/2005 5:29:42 PM, Gerard Replied: You need the following directives in the /etc/rc.conf file. samba_enable="YES" sshd_enable="YES" Now, reboot the machine and both services should start up. You will see a message displayed as they are started.
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