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Date: Mon, 2 Mar 2009 05:41:05 +0100
From: Polytropon <freebsd@edvax.de>
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Subject: Re: rc.conf and starting scripts
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Allow me an addition:

On Mon, 2 Mar 2009 03:53:24 +0000, RW <rwmaillists@googlemail.com> wrote:
> /usr/local/etc/rc.d is the default for local scripts, that's where
> package put their scripts, but there are some rules.
> 
> - they should either be proper RCNG scripts or they should end in a .sh
>   extension

I'm not sure if this is valid anymore, but I think it's also
neccessary that a *.sh script is chmod +x, or it won't be
executed at startup. These scripts are located in /usr/local/etc.

The rc-style scripts ("foo { start | stop | restart | status }")
are located in the rc.d/ subdirectory, just like in /etc. They
usually have a corresponging enable setting ("foo_enable") in
/etc/rc.conf or /etc/rc.conf.local (see "man rc.conf"), as well
as means to set parameters ("foo_flags" or something specific).


-- 
Polytropon
>From Magdeburg, Germany
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