From owner-freebsd-questions Sun Dec 17 23: 3:29 2000 From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Sun Dec 17 23:03:28 2000 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from post.mail.nl.demon.net (post-11.mail.nl.demon.net [194.159.73.21]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 7E15737B400 for ; Sun, 17 Dec 2000 23:03:27 -0800 (PST) Received: from [195.11.243.26] (helo=Debug) by post.mail.nl.demon.net with smtp (Exim 3.14 #4) id 147uKL-0003jA-00; Mon, 18 Dec 2000 07:03:17 +0000 To: cjclark@alum.mit.edu, Randy Katz , Matthew Emmerton , Otter , Drew Tomlinson , "FreeBSD Questions (E-mail)" From: Cliff Sarginson Subject: Re: How to Get Program to Start Automatically Upon Boot Date: Mon, 18 Dec 2000 07:03:17 GMT X-Mailer: www.webmail.nl.demon.net X-Sender: postmaster@btvs.demon.nl X-Originating-IP: 192.250.24.58 Message-Id: Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG > On Sun, Dec 17, 2000 at 08:32:08PM -0800, Randy Katz wrote: > > Please correct me if I'm wrong but /etc/rc.local seems to be alive and > > well, at least in R4.1.1... > > Before we get to far into another rc.d versus rc.local debate, let's > all RTFM, man rc, > > DESCRIPTION > Rc is the command script which controls the automatic reboot (calling the > other scripts) and rc.local is the script holding commands which are per- > tinent only to a specific site. Typically, the /usr/local/etc/rc.d mech- > anism is used instead of rc.local these days but if you do want to use > rc.local, /etc/rc still supports it. In this case, rc.local should > source /etc/rc.conf and contain additional custom startup code for your > system. > Errm, well that's cleared that up hasn't it.. mmm. The word "typically" is interesting, typically by who ? Don;t have this problem on linux hee hee (joke guys, no flames !) Cliff To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message