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Date:      Tue, 14 Jun 2005 11:22:07 -0400
From:      Vivek Khera <vivek@khera.org>
To:        =?ISO-8859-1?Q?K=F6vesd=E1n_G=E1bor?= <gabor.kovesdan@t-hosting.hu>
Cc:        stable@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: /usr/local/etc/rc.d/*.sh not working?
Message-ID:  <590EEFC5-8D42-40F3-B723-F62F478D09D0@khera.org>
In-Reply-To: <42AEF361.2010405@t-hosting.hu>
References:  <20050614150240.GA62949@bewilderbeast.blackhelicopters.org> <42AEF361.2010405@t-hosting.hu>

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On Jun 14, 2005, at 11:10 AM, K=F6vesd=E1n G=E1bor wrote:

> For scripts in /usr/local/etc/rc.d You should add an entry to /etc/=20
> rc.conf.
> For example, if You script is somedaemon.sh, then add =20
> somedaemon_enable=3D'YES' to /etc/rc.conf and it will run at the next =20=

> boot.
>

but his scripts don't use rc-ng, so this is pointless.

they should just work if they end in .sh and are executable.


> Cheers,
>
> G=E1bor K=F6vesd=E1n
>
> Michael W. Lucas wrote:
>
>
>> I'm certain this is documented somewhere, but danged if I can find =20=

>> it.
>>
>> I have a whole variety of custom scripts in /usr/local/etc/rc.d.  For
>> years now, simply giving them a name ending in .sh and making them
>> executable has been sufficient to make them start on boot.
>>
>> On 5.x, it's not.  And now, having upgraded to 4.11-s on some older
>> boxes and running portupgrade -a, it's not.
>>
>> Obviously these scripts need something else.  There's no fancy rcNG
>> infrastructure in them; is rcNG a requirement for startup scripts =20
>> now?
>> Any pointers on where I can find the right documentation?
>>
>> Thanks,
>>
>> =3D=3Dml
>>
>>
>>
>
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Vivek Khera, Ph.D.
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