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Subject: rcNG - starting services.
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I just made the transition to 5.3 from 4.x and I am unclear on the the 
new rcNG way of starting locally installed services such as MySQL, 
Samba etc.  I did read the manual pages on rc.d and rcNG.

I just installed MySQL from ports and would like it to start 
automatically on boot.

The manual page for rcNG is a bit unclear for starting local userland 
services such as mysql.  A working example for a common application 
such as MysQL, Postgresql, or Samba would certainly be useful.

My question is:
Do I still start MysQL the old way with the script in 
/usr/local/etc/rc.d/mysql-server.sh?
OR
Do I create an entry in /etc/rc.conf.local with "mysql_enable=YES"?

Also, if using the rcNG method, do I have to copy the mysql-server.sh 
script to /etc/rc.d/mysql or will rcNG make use of default 
/usr/local/etc/rc.d/mysql-server.sh?


Thanks,

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Scott A. Gerhardt, P.Geo.
Gerhardt Information Technologies