From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Sat Jul 5 05:38:51 2003 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 3CA5E37B401 for ; Sat, 5 Jul 2003 05:38:51 -0700 (PDT) Received: from sccrmhc13.comcast.net (sccrmhc13.comcast.net [204.127.202.64]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 75BBA4400D for ; Sat, 5 Jul 2003 05:38:50 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from ACiD-0@comcast.net) Received: from elephant (pcp01506561pcs.kenets01.pa.comcast.net[68.82.146.231](untrusted sender)) by comcast.net (sccrmhc13) with SMTP id <20030705123849016000s4tde>; Sat, 5 Jul 2003 12:38:49 +0000 From: "ACiD" To: Date: Sat, 5 Jul 2003 08:35:33 -0400 Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Priority: 3 (Normal) X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook IMO, Build 9.0.6604 (9.0.2911.0) X-MIMEOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.00.2800.1106 Importance: Normal Subject: FreeBSD Startup Question X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sat, 05 Jul 2003 12:38:51 -0000 All, I have been working a lot with Free 5.0. Because of a few issues, I had to back down to 4.8-RELEASE. Now I am having problems understanding the rc loading process. On 5.0 its easier (what I am used to from the Solaris days, etc.) The file system has an /etc/rc.d directory that loads separate scripts on boot. My local apps are also loaded from /usr/local/etc/rc.d. This, for me, was a convenient way to modify say syslogd and change it to listen for incoming network connections (-r). But in 4.8 there is no rc.d directory. I am having trouble understanding how everything works here. the /etc/rc file seems to load everything (most - at least syslog) referencing a "syslogd_flags" variable. I found that placing this variable in the rc.conf file was reference (google search), but it did not work for me. Anyhow, would someone mind taking the time and explain the rc load process on 4.8 to me and why its different in 5 ? Also, am I correct in saying that the 5.x tree will (remain) change to using the rc.d directory structure that I like so much ??? Thanks very much in advance and sorry for seeming like such a noob !