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From: Scott Corey <Scott@bsdprophet.org>
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To: Walter Betancourt <walt@betan.com>
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Subject: Re: automatic start of Apache
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Walter Betancourt wrote:
> 
> I have startup stuff in  rc.conf.local
> 
> does it matter ?

No

> 
> 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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