Date: 19 Nov 2005 10:15:13 -0500 From: Lowell Gilbert <freebsd-questions-local@be-well.ilk.org> To: Pat Maddox <pergesu@gmail.com> Cc: FreeBSD Questions <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: 6.0, lighttpd not starting up on boot Message-ID: <44wtj4vfcu.fsf@be-well.ilk.org> In-Reply-To: <810a540e0511190652j1f5c99f9y7b0ac99670327b86@mail.gmail.com> References: <810a540e0511180107g35b21bd2nd67074734789376d@mail.gmail.com> <44zmo0ycxk.fsf@be-well.ilk.org> <810a540e0511190544m3988d1cq923539c8c85aa108@mail.gmail.com> <44r79cwxff.fsf@be-well.ilk.org> <810a540e0511190612t6dba8193k5bc48962324092c@mail.gmail.com> <44ek5cwv4k.fsf@be-well.ilk.org> <810a540e0511190652j1f5c99f9y7b0ac99670327b86@mail.gmail.com>
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Pat Maddox <pergesu@gmail.com> writes: > On 19 Nov 2005 09:49:15 -0500, Lowell Gilbert > <freebsd-questions-local@be-well.ilk.org> wrote: > > Pat Maddox <pergesu@gmail.com> writes: > > > > > On 19 Nov 2005 08:59:32 -0500, Lowell Gilbert > > > <freebsd-questions-local@be-well.ilk.org> wrote: > > > > Pat Maddox <pergesu@gmail.com> writes: > > > > > > > > > On 19 Nov 2005 08:39:19 -0500, Lowell Gilbert > > > > > <freebsd-questions-local@be-well.ilk.org> wrote: > > > > > > Pat Maddox <pergesu@gmail.com> writes: > > > > > > > > > > > > > I've got a 6.0 system with lighttpd installed. I have a > > > > > > > lighttpd_enable="YES" line in /etc/rc.conf, but lighttpd doesn't start > > > > > > > up when the machine boots. I have another machine with the same > > > > > > > config (though apparently not exactly the same), and lighttpd starts > > > > > > > up with it. There's nothing in the lighttpd error log, and if I use > > > > > > > the rc script to start it up it starts fine. How do I find out why > > > > > > > it's not starting on boot, and how do I make it start on boot? > > > > > > > > > > > > Is it executable? > > > > > > > > > > > > Try putting an echo or touch command early in the script to see if > > > > > > it's getting run at boot at all. > > > > > > > > > > > It's definitely executable..it's getting run when I run > > > > > /etc/rc.d/localpkgs, so it really just makes no sense. > > > > > > > > Well, try my suggestion anyway. > > > > > > Alright, I put a touch in the rc script, and it touched the file. > > > > Okay, good. Seriously puzzling, but eliminates a lot of things. > > Does it start if you call the script with a completely clean > > environment? [*Something* is different between calling it from the > > command line and having the rc scripts do it.] > > > > I'm really not sure what you mean by a clean environment. I can use > the rc script to start it, but that's after the machine boots up. > lighttpd doesn't want to start during bootup. I can also start it > fine by calling the lighttpd binary. env(1) is the easy way to do it.
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