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Date: Tue, 5 Dec 2006 12:09:30 -0500
From: Jerry McAllister <jerrymc@msu.edu>
To: Tom Judge <tom@tomjudge.com>
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Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org, Gobbledegeek <gobbledegeek@gmail.com>
Subject: Re: custom rc.d script not working
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On Tue, Dec 05, 2006 at 11:30:41AM +0000, Tom Judge wrote:

> Gobbledegeek wrote:
> >I  compiled quagga 0.99.5  from source (not  freebsd port) and  wrote  this
> >little  script in the /etc/rc.d/zebra  file.
> >-------------------------------
> >#!/bin/sh
> >
> ># PROVIDE: zebra
> ># REQUIRE: NETWORKING
> >
> >. /etc/rc.subr
> >
> >name="zebra"
> >rcvar=${name}_enable
> >required_files="/usr/local/etc/${name}.conf"
> >command="/usr/local/sbin/${name}"
> >command_args="-d"
> >pidfile="/var/run/${name}.pid"
> >load_rc_config $name
> >run_rc_command "$1"
> >----------------------------------
> >
> >/etc/rc.conf has  zebra_enable="yes"
> >
> >However it only starts zebra  when  I execute  it manually from
> >command  line.  When I boot  freebsd, it  executes   and I see
> >message  in boot screen  that zebra  is starting, but on login I find
> >zebra isn't running.
> >all files in /usr/local/sbin/   for  zebra  executables are  owned  by
> >quagga/quagga user/group.
> >
> >Once I  get this working, I  will ofcourse  add scripts for ospfd  and
> >bgpd and isisd..  but it beats me why this isn't  working...
> >
> >This is  on  freebsd 6.2  RC1  i386.
> >
> >Thanks very much in advance  for  your help...
> >
> >PS:  Please  CC  me as I am not subscribed.
> >

First, I presume you mean to say that you put the script
in the  '/usr/local/etc/rc.d/'  directory and not just /etc/rc.d

Secondly, my most frequent error is error with these is to forget
to make them executable.  If the script does not have execute
permission, it is ignored.

////jerry

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