From owner-freebsd-chat@FreeBSD.ORG Fri Jun 13 07:14:53 2003 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-chat@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 2091D37B401 for ; Fri, 13 Jun 2003 07:14:53 -0700 (PDT) Received: from shrike.submonkey.net (pc1-cdif2-5-cust38.cdif.cable.ntl.com [81.101.150.38]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 6BBF643FDF for ; Fri, 13 Jun 2003 07:14:52 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from setantae@submonkey.net) Received: from setantae by shrike.submonkey.net with local (Exim 4.20) id 19QpKM-0003DU-TB; Fri, 13 Jun 2003 15:14:50 +0100 Date: Fri, 13 Jun 2003 15:14:50 +0100 From: Ceri Davies To: Bill Moran Message-ID: <20030613141450.GA12355@submonkey.net> Mail-Followup-To: Ceri Davies , Bill Moran , chat@freebsd.org References: <3EE8C1F4.7000800@potentialtech.com> <20030613091355.GB9626@submonkey.net> <3EE9D11C.1040008@potentialtech.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <3EE9D11C.1040008@potentialtech.com> User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.4i Sender: Ceri Davies cc: chat@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Looking for holes in the docs to fill in X-BeenThere: freebsd-chat@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: Non technical items related to the community List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Fri, 13 Jun 2003 14:14:53 -0000 On Fri, Jun 13, 2003 at 09:26:52AM -0400, Bill Moran wrote: > Ceri Davies wrote: > >On Thu, Jun 12, 2003 at 02:09:56PM -0400, Bill Moran wrote: > >>One thing I feel is missing is a basic admin tutorial for newbies. I > >>mean, > >>the handbook covers installing and getting everything up and running, but > >>once you're there you're lost. A lot of Linux folks seem to get lost > >>(for example) figuring out how to get Apache to start automatically after > >>it's installed. I'm guessing an explanation in the ports section of the > >>handbook would help, what do others think? > > > >That's done by the port, isn't it? > > Most ports these days install a sample script in /usr/local/etc/rc.d > (although this doesn't seem to be 100% consistent) The apache.sh.sample must > be renamed before it'll do anything at boot. > > If you're new to FreeBSD, this can be annoying and the documentation on how > to handle this doesn't seem to jump out from anywhere. The ports section of > the handbook doesn't mention it. I've got an update to the handbook I'm > going to submit some time today that I think will improve this. I've heard of > lots of people putting 'apachectl start' in their rc.conf file because they > couldn't figure out the proper way to do this. OK, sounds good. Thanks, Ceri -- User: DO YOU ACCEPT JESUS CHRIST AS YOUR PERSONAL LORD AND SAVIOR? Iniaes: Sure, I can accept all forms of payment. -- www.chatterboxchallenge.com