Date: Mon, 17 May 2004 12:27:12 -0500 From: Dan Nelson <dnelson@allantgroup.com> To: Freddie Cash <fcash-ml@sd73.bc.ca> Cc: questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Manually starting RCng scripts disabled in rc.conf Message-ID: <20040517172712.GJ80376@dan.emsphone.com> In-Reply-To: <200405170951.25763.fcash-ml@sd73.bc.ca> References: <200405170951.25763.fcash-ml@sd73.bc.ca>
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In the last episode (May 17), Freddie Cash said: > 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. :( "forcestart" should do what you want, I think. -- Dan Nelson dnelson@allantgroup.com
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