Date: Mon, 17 May 2004 09:51:25 -0700 From: Freddie Cash <fcash-ml@sd73.bc.ca> To: questions@freebsd.org Subject: Manually starting RCng scripts disabled in rc.conf Message-ID: <200405170951.25763.fcash-ml@sd73.bc.ca>
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Is it possible to manually run an rcNG-style script with app_enable=NO in /etc/rc.conf? For instance, there are a few services that I don't want running all the time on my laptop (like Apache, Squid, DansGuardian) but that I need running now and then for development / testing purposes. As such, I have apache_enable="NO" in my rc.conf to prevent Apache from starting at boot time. However, this also means that I cannot manually start Apache when I need it running, unless I use apachectl or run the httpd binary directly. And I can't use the RCng script to check the status, or restart, or any of the other nice things that RCng gives me. It would be much simpler/nicer if I could use the rcNG script to do this. Am I missing something simple, or is it just not possible to do what I want? I'd like to use the rc.d scripts to control everything, but if I have to enable them all in rc.conf and then manually stop them after each boot, I'll most likely end up writing my own non-RCng wrapper scripts for each app. :( Please CC: me as I'm not subscribed to questions@. -- Freddie Cash fcash-ml@sd73.bc.ca
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