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Date:      Fri, 21 Jun 2002 09:27:12 -0400
From:      "William McKee" <william@knowmad.com>
To:        doc@FreeBSD.org
Subject:   Suggestion - FreeBSD Handbook 6.5: Starting Services
Message-ID:  <3D12F170.13308.574CFA1@localhost>

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Hi,

I'm a new user of FreeBSD and was reading through your excellent 
handbook on the website. Thanks for putting together such a 
simple, useful resource.

In reading about starting services under FreeBSD, I was intrigued 
by the concept of using cron to start system services. I had never 
considered that option. However, you do not mention any problems 
or solutions for how to stop these services during system 
shutdown. 

The standard rc.d script approach supports this capability and 
seems to me a safer way to run system services such as web 
servers and databases. It would be helpful to make mention of this 
limitation in the cron approach (if it is indeed a problem) and offer 
any possible workarounds.

Thanks,
William
-- 
 Lead Developer
 Knowmad Services Inc. || Internet Applications & Database 
Integration
 http://www.knowmad.com
 


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