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Date: Sun, 30 Sep 2001 12:59:06 -0400
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From: Walter Betancourt <walt@betan.com>
Subject: Re: automatic start of Apache
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I have startup stuff in  rc.conf.local

does it matter ?

Walt

At 09:51 AM 9/30/01 -0700, you wrote:
>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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Walt


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