From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Fri Mar 4 12:55:17 2011 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 970AE106566C for ; Fri, 4 Mar 2011 12:55:17 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from rwmaillists@googlemail.com) Received: from mail-wy0-f182.google.com (mail-wy0-f182.google.com [74.125.82.182]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 285CE8FC15 for ; Fri, 4 Mar 2011 12:55:16 +0000 (UTC) Received: by wyb32 with SMTP id 32so2353876wyb.13 for ; Fri, 04 Mar 2011 04:55:16 -0800 (PST) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=googlemail.com; s=gamma; h=domainkey-signature:date:from:to:subject:message-id:in-reply-to :references:x-mailer:mime-version:content-type :content-transfer-encoding; bh=rSdwcelFYhroW0jgCxw0E6m1lXAuyIXZyFSr9FFUR94=; b=DXyUBfdIfGZO2INzZwxW9+J/dFm2DwIquw8M+98Hqgm9uxGNcir5sI4qw1lnBp7N1e 9mvyWBvT+iyM0RVsoVZn9Im8VokdbUesMdYzdJPPlPUD4cDiThgc8aDkKdTB4MKfMulO vUz66x+QAavuP4EHvGAlpIX1Le6Pc3FaNbFmU= DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=googlemail.com; s=gamma; h=date:from:to:subject:message-id:in-reply-to:references:x-mailer :mime-version:content-type:content-transfer-encoding; b=V1WV5dZiDNR69wvBPGM6DvBBesjIkOWke3TA+iKsBIrbwQ5RPWGHN82MuAgfX9wzqy lOebLUWfFjHJidPy9cgx1Ed8jyTw75APX9kEJm2fF1MRq//Bv54nFpRm2LxnJMq81w3o /BhCbdCXkCdvWiZDAw/cvYiVWOjHp5xTj5Er4= Received: by 10.216.191.208 with SMTP id g58mr480357wen.85.1299243315958; Fri, 04 Mar 2011 04:55:15 -0800 (PST) Received: from gumby.homeunix.com (87-194-105-247.bethere.co.uk [87.194.105.247]) by mx.google.com with ESMTPS id n11sm1150874wej.43.2011.03.04.04.55.13 (version=SSLv3 cipher=OTHER); Fri, 04 Mar 2011 04:55:14 -0800 (PST) Date: Fri, 4 Mar 2011 12:55:09 +0000 From: RW To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Message-ID: <20110304125509.1c666079@gumby.homeunix.com> In-Reply-To: <4D700FA6.1030806@cox.net> References: <4D700FA6.1030806@cox.net> X-Mailer: Claws Mail 3.7.8 (GTK+ 2.22.1; i386-portbld-freebsd8.1) Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Subject: Re: xdm-options - non-bsd user needs bsd rc.d advice 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: Fri, 04 Mar 2011 12:55:17 -0000 On Thu, 03 Mar 2011 17:01:10 -0500 "John D. Hendrickson and Sara Darnell" wrote: > Hi. I'm a BSD idiot I use [Debian] linux. > > rc.d question > > I'm trying to release a project (just below) to the widest possible > unix audience. I need a line in "/etc/inittab" and to have a > start/stop in "/etc/rc.d", nothing unusual I think. I read many > freeBSD rc.d materials and it only convinced me as much as I'd > learned: if I'm not running BSD I don't know enough to talk about > it :) Usually FreeBSD rc.d scripts are maintained by the port maintainer rather than the upstream project. If you are unclear about it, I would suggest you don't bother.