Date: Thu, 02 Oct 2008 21:53:19 +1000 From: Da Rock <rock_on_the_web@comcen.com.au> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: mysql rc script failure - correction: most installed rc scripts not running manually Message-ID: <1222948400.3927.12.camel@laptop1.herveybayaustralia.com.au> In-Reply-To: <200810020918.44161.jonathan%2Bfreebsd-questions@hst.org.za> References: <1222839623.8573.5.camel@laptop1.herveybayaustralia.com.au> <20081001105337.GA47338@owl.midgard.homeip.net> <1222905558.3927.1.camel@laptop1.herveybayaustralia.com.au> <200810020918.44161.jonathan%2Bfreebsd-questions@hst.org.za>
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On Thu, 2008-10-02 at 09:18 +0200, Jonathan McKeown wrote: > On Thursday 02 October 2008 01:59:18 Da Rock wrote: > > On Wed, 2008-10-01 at 12:53 +0200, Erik Trulsson wrote: > > > On Wed, Oct 01, 2008 at 08:39:47PM +1000, Da Rock wrote: > > > > > > > > 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. > > > > > > Yes, you can. Use forcestart/forcestop instead of start/stop when > > > running the rc script if you do not have it enabled in rc.conf. This is > > > documented in rc(8) (and is very easily overlooked if you don't know what > > > you are looking for.) > > > > Well thank you both for that piece of information, I had overlooked > > that. I did end up using it that way, but I was still unaware that it > > was mandatory. > > The problem with forcestart is that it ignores any errors that may occur. The > better option for a manual start is onestart, which simply bypasses the test > for the option being enabled but still fails on any other error (missing > dependencies, startup problems etc). > > Jonathan Well that might be more useful (and best practice)... Cheers for the heads up guys
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