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Date:      Thu, 10 May 2007 18:09:01 -0400
From:      Howard Goldstein <hg@queue.to>
To:        ghirai@ghirai.com
Cc:        freebsd-questions@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: startup scripts not working
Message-ID:  <464397FD.7020002@queue.to>
In-Reply-To: <1137737091.20070511003530@ghirai.com>
References:  <1137737091.20070511003530@ghirai.com>

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Ghirai wrote:
> Hello list,
> 
> Suddenly, the startup scripts for various applications won't work.
> I have these in /usr/local/etc/rc.d:
> apache22, ircservices, postgresql, pure-ftpd, unrealircd
> 
> When i run any of them without parameters, they give out the parameters.
> But when i use any of the params, nothing happens.
> 
> Starting the binaries themselves (from /usr/local/sbin, etc,
> depending on the application) works, and the applications
> themselves work fine.
> 
> None of the scripts work, they show the same behavior,
> and i ran them as root.

I don't have any of those installed but most of the local rc.d scripts 
need an enable flag in /etc/rc.conf . Take a look at your rc.d scripts 
and see if they need them to.  You can also run these with -x to see 
what's happening (eg.,  sh -x /usr/local/etc/rc.d/apache22 start)




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