From owner-freebsd-questions Tue Oct 6 08:02:54 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id IAA01995 for freebsd-questions-outgoing; Tue, 6 Oct 1998 08:02:54 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from phear.net (phear.net [206.58.96.18]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id IAA01973 for ; Tue, 6 Oct 1998 08:02:49 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from jim@phrantic.phear.net) Received: from jmmock (slwag1p02.ozemail.com.au [203.108.157.18]) by phear.net (8.9.1a/8.9.1a) with SMTP id IAA11578; Tue, 6 Oct 1998 08:00:05 -0700 (PDT) Message-Id: <4.1.19981007010038.00972100@pop.ozemail.com.au> X-Sender: jim@mail.phear.net X-Mailer: QUALCOMM Windows Eudora Pro Version 4.1 Date: Wed, 07 Oct 1998 01:02:47 +1000 To: "Frank Griffith" From: Jim Mock Subject: Re: How do I recover when my FreeBSD Computer Reboots Cc: questions@FreeBSD.ORG In-Reply-To: <000701bdf130$828dd7a0$dcf6a2a5@fgriffth.ctxmort.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG At 08:52 AM 10/6/98 -0500, you wrote: > > I am running FreeBSD 2.2.7 on a Pentium system. I use > ppp and Apache to make this machine a web server which > I can then access from remote sites. Trouble is, if the > weather turns bad, like this morning, and the computer > reboots, how do I get ppp and Apache to reload automatically > even if no one is there to re-login? Can these two programs > be run even if the login prompt is ignored? Hi Frank, You can start Apache from /etc/rc.local by adding.. # put your local stuff here /usr/local/sbin/httpd Not sure about ppp.. never tried it on reboot. You'll have to rely on the ppp gurus for that one. Hope this helps.. Jim |=> Jim Mock [jim@thunder.st0rm.com] [jim@phrantic.phear.net] <=| |=> st0rm Internet Services | web: http://www.st0rm.com/ <=| |=> Website Design & Hosting | Wagga Wagga, NSW Australia <=| |=> Powered by FreeBSD! | http://www.freebsd.org/ <=| To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message