Date: Sun, 30 Sep 2001 12:59:06 -0400 From: Walter Betancourt <walt@betan.com> To: freebsd-newbies@freebsd.org Subject: Re: automatic start of Apache Message-ID: <4.2.2.20010930125829.00b622f0@popd.betan.net> In-Reply-To: <200109301651.JAA23450@ocis.ocis.net>
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I have startup stuff in rc.conf.local
does it matter ?
Walt
At 09:51 AM 9/30/01 -0700, you wrote:
>First, this is not the right list to be asking technical questions
>on. This list is for new users to
>discuss their experiences running FreeBSD (the good, the bad, the ugly if
>needed). If you are
>unsure how to phrase a technical question for the freebsd-questions list,
>then post the info you
>have and ask for suggestions on making it better here. :) Just an FYI
>for next time.
>
> > Where should I put the stuff I want to start at system startup?
>
>Two places. If you want it to just start at boot, add a couple lines to
>/etc/rc.local:
> echo -n "apache "
> /usr/local/sbin/apachectl start
>
>If you want to be able to control its start/stop/restart a la SysV/Linux,
>then you can create a
>simple script and put it in /usr/local/etc/rc.d/ All the executable
>scripts in this directory are run at
>boot time with a "start" argument (for FreeBSD 4+, in 3- it just ran the
>executable scripts).
>
>The easiest script is like so:
>#!/bin/sh
>case "$1" in
> start)
> echo -n "apache "
> /usr/local/sbin/apchectl start
> ;;
> stop)
> /usr/local/sbin/apachectl stop
> ;;
> restart)
> /usr/local/sbin/apachectl restart
> ;;
> *)
> echo "Usage: $0 {start | stop | restart}"
> ;;
>esac
>
>HTH,
>Cheers,
>Freddie
>fcash@bigfoot.com
>
>Linux is for people who hate Windows.
>FreeBSD is for people that like UNIX.
> -- unknown
>
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