Date: Mon, 21 Nov 2005 16:30:33 +0100 From: "martinko" <martinkov@pobox.sk> To: "Halldor R. Haflidason" <titan@thoron.org>,freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: starting services? Message-ID: <20051121152940.M90359@pobox.sk> In-Reply-To: <20051121142219.GA41185@thoron.org> References: <dllcot$4ca$1@sea.gmane.org> <011e01c5ee41$a8a18610$c801a8c0@nexpc> <20051121140830.M11345@pobox.sk> <20051121142219.GA41185@thoron.org>
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On Mon, 21 Nov 2005 14:22:19 +0000, Halldor R. Haflidason wrote > On Monday, 21 November 2005 at 15:11:35 +0100, martinko wrote: > > On Mon, 21 Nov 2005 10:17:01 +0800, Foo Ji-Haw wrote > > > > i wonder why i cannot start for instance ssh with > > > > /etc/rc.d/sshd start > > > > but i always have to use > > > > /etc/rc.d/sshd forcestart > > > > and similarly for stop, status, etc. > > > > > > > > any ideas pls ?? > > > You have to add a line in /etc/rc.conf. I think it is > > > samba_enable="YES". > > > > > > well, if you add sshd_enable="YES", the service (always) starts on boot. > > > > i just want to start it manually and i wonder why it doesn't listen to "start" > > argument but only "forcestart" and similarly for other commands i've got to > > use "force". > > > > anyone knows why pls ?? > > > > martin > > Because when the system boots up it sends the 'start' argument to > all the scripts in the rc.d directories, those scripts then check > wether they should start or not. Force start simply overrides that check. > > Halldor ok, i see now, thanks for your explanation! m.
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