Date: Mon, 5 Mar 2007 16:29:00 +0100 From: Roland Smith <rsmith@xs4all.nl> To: Jean-Philippe Daigle <jean.daigle@SolaceSystems.com> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Starting a service on boot Message-ID: <20070305152900.GA6326@slackbox.xs4all.nl> In-Reply-To: <6B865826E860EF42B3A387A03F39539616917F69@EX0004.AllstreamITS.local> References: <6B865826E860EF42B3A387A03F39539616917F69@EX0004.AllstreamITS.local>
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--DocE+STaALJfprDB Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On Mon, Mar 05, 2007 at 09:37:54AM -0500, Jean-Philippe Daigle wrote: > Hello, >=20 > I'm attempting to add a new program to the list of services starting at > boot time on FreeBSD 6.1. Unfortunately, although running the script > directly as root starts it up just fine, it's not starting at boot time. > I've found documentation that says there are two basic steps to follow: >=20 > 1) Create a script named, say, 'foo' starting the program, place it in > /etc/rc.d/, and make sure it satisfies a few minimal requirements (see > script below). The proper place is /usr/local/etc/rc.d. =20 > 2) Edit rc.conf to add "foo_enable=3DYES" so the init system knows to > start the new program. >=20 > I've done (2), and here's the script for (1) (anything between <> is me > redacting a username, it's obviously not that way in the script): >=20 > (/etc/rc.d)$ cat cc Better to name the script and the service "cruisecontrol" instead of using the name of the system C compiler. It avoids confusion. > #!/bin/sh > # > # PROVIDE: cc > # REQUIRE: DAEMON I'd make that "REQUIRE: mountlate" if /home is not on the / partition. =20 > . /etc/rc.subr >=20 > name=3D"cc" > rcvar=3D`set_rcvar` > command=3D"/home/<PATH HERE>/cruisecontrol.sh" > command_args=3D"&" > cc_user=3D"<BUILD USERNAME HERE>" Does /home/<PATH HERE>/cruisecontrol.sh needs cc_user? This environment variable is only available in this subshell. It is not exported, so /home/<PATH HERE>/cruisecontrol.sh doesn't see it. Roland --=20 R.F.Smith http://www.xs4all.nl/~rsmith/ [plain text _non-HTML_ PGP/GnuPG encrypted/signed email much appreciated] pgp: 1A2B 477F 9970 BA3C 2914 B7CE 1277 EFB0 C321 A725 (KeyID: C321A725) --DocE+STaALJfprDB Content-Type: application/pgp-signature Content-Disposition: inline -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v2.0.2 (FreeBSD) iD8DBQFF7Dc8EnfvsMMhpyURAprWAJ464QNOzvK45AYNgqiNhFbYbCJGGwCgjkqt Ji86wEsGbQs6h4ZuENQoODI= =tA2I -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --DocE+STaALJfprDB--
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