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Subject: Re: rc.conf and starting scripts
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Hi,

> The default location for rc.conf is /etc/rc.d only and the knob
> "local_startup=/usr/local/etc/rc.d" doesn't seem to be working for
> me for some reasons

Syntax? on my machines it's:

local_startup="/usr/local/etc/rc.d"

with quotes around the path, not around the full line.

Olivier