Date: Tue, 28 Jun 2005 22:04:06 +1000 From: Norberto Meijome <freebsd@meijome.net> To: Jonathan Arnold <jdarnold@buddydog.org> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Invoking rc.conf changes w/o rebooting Message-ID: <42C13CB6.8040403@meijome.net> In-Reply-To: <d8uln5$6fd$1@sea.gmane.org> References: <13D71E64E0AEED4195C4794A5D9E4FD7B6FB90@exchange01.ctcmarine.com> <d8uln5$6fd$1@sea.gmane.org>
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Jonathan Arnold wrote: > walker, mick wrote: > >> Adi Pircalabu <mailto:apircalabu@bitdefender.com> scribbled on 17 June >> 2005 >> 13:57: >> >> >>> On Fri, 17 Jun 2005 14:50:23 +0100 >>> "walker, mick" <mick.walker@ctcmarine.com> wrote: >>> >>> >>>> You can drop to ren level 1 using the command init 1. >>>> >>> >>> No, there is no need for such an action. A simple entry as the one >>> listed in pkg-message is enough to set up webmin for starting at boot >>> time and run time. >>> Cheers This is true...though not totally clear. The entry in rc.conf (webmin_enable="YES") is read by the rc script installed by the package (in this case webmin) in /usr/local/etc/rc.d/ (/usr/local/etc/rc.d/webmin.sh) To start the service provided by the package without rebooting , simply run the script passing the 'start' action ( call it without any params to get the full list of supported parameters): /usr/local/etc/rc.d/webmin.sh start This will check if webmin_enable="YES" is set in /etc/rc.conf and launch the service. Nice and neat. >> >> [Sorry forgot to copy the list in] >> Thanks I stand corrected. >> >> However this did not work for me for some reason, after installing sasl >> authd, however my previously mentioned method did. > > > Yes, same here for my webmin. I added it to the rc.conf and then tried > to use it and webmin wouldn't work. I rebooted and all was well. Good test > for rebooting remotely anway. On reboot, each .sh in /usr/local/etc/rc.d/ with +x will be called with 'start' parameter. If you have a daemon that doesn't provide this setup, it's quite trivial to copy an existing one and edit for your use. Rebooting your whole server to start a service is reminiscent of Win32 ;) HTH, Beto
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