Date: Sun, 30 Sep 2001 12:04:23 -0500 From: Scott Corey <Scott@bsdprophet.org> To: Walter Betancourt <walt@betan.com> Cc: freebsd-newbies@freebsd.org Subject: Re: automatic start of Apache Message-ID: <3BB75097.7E894C09@bsdprophet.org> References: <4.2.2.20010930125829.00b622f0@popd.betan.net>
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Walter Betancourt wrote:
>
> I have startup stuff in rc.conf.local
>
> does it matter ?
No
>
> Walt
>
> At 09:51 AM 9/30/01 -0700, you wrote:
> >First, this is not the right list to be asking technical questions
> >on. This list is for new users to
> >discuss their experiences running FreeBSD (the good, the bad, the ugly if
> >needed). If you are
> >unsure how to phrase a technical question for the freebsd-questions list,
> >then post the info you
> >have and ask for suggestions on making it better here. :) Just an FYI
> >for next time.
> >
> > > Where should I put the stuff I want to start at system startup?
> >
> >Two places. If you want it to just start at boot, add a couple lines to
> >/etc/rc.local:
> > echo -n "apache "
> > /usr/local/sbin/apachectl start
> >
> >If you want to be able to control its start/stop/restart a la SysV/Linux,
> >then you can create a
> >simple script and put it in /usr/local/etc/rc.d/ All the executable
> >scripts in this directory are run at
> >boot time with a "start" argument (for FreeBSD 4+, in 3- it just ran the
> >executable scripts).
> >
> >The easiest script is like so:
> >#!/bin/sh
> >case "$1" in
> > start)
> > echo -n "apache "
> > /usr/local/sbin/apchectl start
> > ;;
> > stop)
> > /usr/local/sbin/apachectl stop
> > ;;
> > restart)
> > /usr/local/sbin/apachectl restart
> > ;;
> > *)
> > echo "Usage: $0 {start | stop | restart}"
> > ;;
> >esac
> >
> >HTH,
> >Cheers,
> >Freddie
> >fcash@bigfoot.com
> >
> >Linux is for people who hate Windows.
> >FreeBSD is for people that like UNIX.
> > -- unknown
> >
> >
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>
> Walt
>
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