From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Thu Dec 2 16:46:23 2004 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 953DE16A4CE for ; Thu, 2 Dec 2004 16:46:23 +0000 (GMT) Received: from mail.solid-state-logic.com (mail.solid-state-logic.com [193.117.244.250]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id D645B43D39 for ; Thu, 2 Dec 2004 16:46:22 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from martinh@solid-state-logic.com) Received: from sol.solid-state-logic.com ([10.1.1.101] helo=solid-state-logic.com) by soloman.solid-state-logic.com with smtp (Exim 4.43 (FreeBSD)) id 1CZu5s-00066K-HE; Thu, 02 Dec 2004 16:46:12 +0000 Received: from [10.1.4.197] (martinh.solid-state-logic.com) by solid-state-logic.com (4.1/SMI-4.1) id AA04685; Thu, 2 Dec 04 16:46:12 GMT Message-Id: <41AF46D3.5030209@solid-state-logic.com> Date: Thu, 02 Dec 2004 16:46:11 +0000 From: Martin Hepworth User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; U; Linux i686; en-US; rv:1.7.3) Gecko/20040913 X-Accept-Language: en-us, en Mime-Version: 1.0 To: Andy Firman References: <20041202163900.GA14829@akroteq.com> In-Reply-To: <20041202163900.GA14829@akroteq.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Solid-State-Logic-MailScanner-Information: Please contact Solid State Logic Ltd for more information X-Solid-State-Logic-MailScanner: Found to be clean X-MailScanner-From: martinh@solid-state-logic.com cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: /usr/local/etc/rc.d vs /etc/rc.conf question X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Thu, 02 Dec 2004 16:46:23 -0000 Andy err no. the entry in /usr/local/etc/rc.d will read the rc.conf to get variables. Normally done thisway when program is installed from ports rather than hand compiled... -- Martin Hepworth Snr Systems Administrator Solid State Logic Tel: +44 (0)1865 842300 Andy Firman wrote: > I just took over a FreeBSD box and there is a > proftpd.sh script in the /usr/local/etc/rc.d directory. > > There is also this entry in /etc/rc.conf: > proftpd_enable="YES" > > There is no need for entries in /etc/rc.conf > if the script exists in /usr/local/etc/rc.d right? > > Andy > > > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-questions-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" ********************************************************************** This email and any files transmitted with it are confidential and intended solely for the use of the individual or entity to whom they are addressed. If you have received this email in error please notify the system manager. This footnote confirms that this email message has been swept for the presence of computer viruses and is believed to be clean. **********************************************************************