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From: "Freddie Cash" <fcash@ocis.net>
To: "Søren Neigaard" <neigaard@e-box.dk>
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Subject: Re: automatic start of Apache
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First, this is not the right list to be asking technical questions on.  This list is for new users to 
discuss their experiences running FreeBSD (the good, the bad, the ugly if needed).  If you are 
unsure how to phrase a technical question for the freebsd-questions list, then post the info you 
have and ask for suggestions on making it better here.  :)  Just an FYI for next time.

> Where should I put the stuff I want to start at system startup?

Two places.  If you want it to just start at boot, add a couple lines to /etc/rc.local:
    echo -n "apache "
    /usr/local/sbin/apachectl start

If you want to be able to control its start/stop/restart a la SysV/Linux, then you can create a 
simple script and put it in /usr/local/etc/rc.d/  All the executable scripts in this directory are run at 
boot time with a "start" argument (for FreeBSD 4+, in 3- it just ran the executable scripts).

The easiest script is like so:
#!/bin/sh
case "$1" in
  start)
    echo -n "apache "
    /usr/local/sbin/apchectl start
    ;;
  stop)
    /usr/local/sbin/apachectl stop
    ;;
  restart)
    /usr/local/sbin/apachectl restart
    ;;
  *)
    echo "Usage: $0 {start | stop | restart}"
    ;;
esac

HTH,
Cheers,
Freddie
fcash@bigfoot.com

Linux is for people who hate Windows.
FreeBSD is for people that like UNIX.
  -- unknown


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