Date: Mon, 20 Aug 2001 01:27:33 -0700 From: "Crist J. Clark" <cristjc@earthlink.net> To: Danny <dannyho@bigpond.net.au> Cc: questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: /usr/local/etc/rc.d/ query? Message-ID: <20010820012733.H313@blossom.cjclark.org> In-Reply-To: <000901c12937$d8617410$c701a8c0@oem>; from dannyho@bigpond.net.au on Mon, Aug 20, 2001 at 03:20:33PM %2B1000 References: <000901c12937$d8617410$c701a8c0@oem>
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On Mon, Aug 20, 2001 at 03:20:33PM +1000, Danny wrote:
> Hello
>
> - I am trying to get bpalogin to startup "automatically" on FreeBSD 4.3
> - I would start bpalogin as "root" like so "bpalogin -c /etc/bpalogin.conf"
> - I gave bpalogin.conf chmod 400 for securty
> - However, I tried creating a startup scrpt in /usr/local/etc/rc.d/ and gave
> the file chmod 755
>
> - bpalogin refuse to startup properly
>
> - Maybe there is anyother way to get bpalogin to startup in FreeBSD 4.3?
Did you RTFM, rc(8),
The rc.d directories contain scripts which will be automatically executed
at boot time. The specified directories are processed immediately after
rc.local is executed. (See below for details on how to specify directo-
ries to check.) The following key points apply to the scripts within
each directory:
o Scripts are only executed if their basename(1) matches the shell
globbing pattern *.sh, and they are executable. Any other files or
directories present within the directory are silently ignored.
o When a script is executed, it is passed the string ``start'' as its
first and only argument. All rc.d scripts expected to handle this
argument appropriately.
o The scripts within each directory are executed in lexicographical
order. If a specific order is required, numbers may be used as a
prefix to the existing filenames, so for example 100.foo would be
executed before 200.bar; without the numeric prefixes the opposite
would be true.
First, does your script end in '.sh' as the first bullet says?
--
Crist J. Clark cjclark@alum.mit.edu
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