Date: Wed, 11 Aug 2004 11:40:48 -0400 From: Bill Moran <wmoran@potentialtech.com> To: Jerry McAllister <jerrymc@clunix.cl.msu.edu> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: order of starting services at boot? Message-ID: <20040811114048.7a462f53.wmoran@potentialtech.com> In-Reply-To: <200408111527.i7BFRe205329@clunix.cl.msu.edu> References: <41193987.3060803@att.net> <200408111527.i7BFRe205329@clunix.cl.msu.edu>
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Jerry McAllister <jerrymc@clunix.cl.msu.edu> wrote: > > > > Hello, > > > > Can anybody explain to me how FreeBSD 5.2.1 controls the start order of > > the scripts in /etc/rc.d ? > > I think it is just "alphabetic" order according to whatever sort > order is in effect. But that _is_ how 4.X and previous version did it. But I think it's changed in 5.x. 5.x has a some new stuff built into rcng which allows you to specify dependencies so that (for example) your database application doesn't start until the database server is up and running. I don't know the details of how it works yet. It's on my TODO list to take some time to research it and understand the new features available, but I haven't got to it yet. Rhodes has apparently been busy, though, since there is a new section in the handbook on rcng: http://www.freebsd.org/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/configtuning-rcng.html -- Bill Moran Potential Technologies http://www.potentialtech.com
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