Date: Wed, 06 Feb 2008 11:35:37 -0600 From: Paul Schmehl <pauls@utdallas.edu> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: script to be executed on system startup. Message-ID: <B479C5E609586130B502EB8F@utd59514.utdallas.edu> In-Reply-To: <20080206174632.B4330@wojtek.tensor.gdynia.pl> References: <1563a4fd0802060609j59451879h3920be790d7667c0@mail.gmail.com> <20080206152833.U3736@wojtek.tensor.gdynia.pl> <20080206154317.GC18883@gizmo.acns.msu.edu> <20080206174632.B4330@wojtek.tensor.gdynia.pl>
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--On Wednesday, February 06, 2008 17:46:40 +0100 Wojciech Puchar <wojtek@wojtek.tensor.gdynia.pl> wrote: >> >> No, don't add anything to rc.local. > > no because of? > Because rc.local is the legacy, deprecated method of handling local scripts, per man (8) rc. "Typically, the /usr/local/etc/rc.d/ mechanism is used instead of rc.local these days but f you want to use rc.local, it is still supported. " So, while it's still supported, it's no longer the standard way of handling local scripts, and it could go away in the future. -- Paul Schmehl (pauls@utdallas.edu) Senior Information Security Analyst The University of Texas at Dallas http://www.utdallas.edu/ir/security/
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