From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Wed Oct 1 10:41:56 2008 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id CDA0A106568B for ; Wed, 1 Oct 2008 10:41:56 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from rock_on_the_web@comcen.com.au) Received: from angel.comcen.com.au (angel.comcen.com.au [203.23.236.69]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 8EA868FC1D for ; Wed, 1 Oct 2008 10:41:56 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from rock_on_the_web@comcen.com.au) Received: from [192.168.0.185] (unknown [202.172.126.254]) by angel.comcen.com.au (Postfix) with ESMTP id 5DC8C5C2EADA for ; Wed, 1 Oct 2008 20:39:29 +1000 (EST) From: Da Rock To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org In-Reply-To: <84763862@bb.ipt.ru> References: <1222839623.8573.5.camel@laptop1.herveybayaustralia.com.au> <1222847649.8573.11.camel@laptop1.herveybayaustralia.com.au> <84763862@bb.ipt.ru> Content-Type: text/plain Date: Wed, 01 Oct 2008 20:39:47 +1000 Message-Id: <1222857587.27652.8.camel@laptop1.herveybayaustralia.com.au> Mime-Version: 1.0 X-Mailer: Evolution 2.12.3 (2.12.3-5.fc8) Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-comcen-MailScanner-Information: Please contact the ISP for more information X-MailScanner-ID: 5DC8C5C2EADA.BF845 X-comcen-MailScanner: Found to be clean X-comcen-MailScanner-SpamCheck: not spam, SpamAssassin (score=0.1, required 3, RDNS_NONE 0.10) X-comcen-MailScanner-From: rock_on_the_web@comcen.com.au X-Spam-Status: No Subject: Re: mysql rc script failure - correction: most installed rc scripts not running manually X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Wed, 01 Oct 2008 10:41:56 -0000 On Wed, 2008-10-01 at 12:57 +0400, Boris Samorodov wrote: > Da Rock writes: > > On Wed, 2008-10-01 at 15:40 +1000, Da Rock wrote: > > >> Has anyone else had trouble with starting mysql server with the rc > >> script? > >> > >> I've only just installed from ports (as a dependency, mind) and > >> technically it should just start when you run the rc script - it sets up > >> the db dirs and stuff so it can just run. But I can't get it to do the > >> setup stuff automatically, and so the script fails. I've done the setup > >> manually before so its no real biggy, but I imagine others would be more > >> than a little frustrated. > >> > >> Anyone else have this trouble? I just realised I had to do this last > >> time too... > >> > >> For reference: I'm starting the script manually for testing at this > >> point (if that makes a difference- which I believe it shouldn't). > > > > Manually running port installed rc scripts is not working manually. I'm > > trying mysql, courier-imap, and I've tried isc-dhcp in the past. None of > > these will work when run manually- even on different machines and bsd > > versions (all 6.x). > > > > Is it just me? > > Sorry for may be a dumb question: did you define an > _enable="YES" at /etc/rc.conf[.local]? For more info > you may look at the script you are trying to start. So are you saying I can't start a script manually without enabling it in rc.conf? I was not under that impression... I thought it could be started manually for testing before setting it for automatic startup- based on my reading in the handbook and man pages.