Date: Fri, 09 May 2003 20:59:30 +0200 From: David Landgren <david@landgren.net> To: Jez Hancock <jez.hancock@munk.nu> Cc: FreeBSD questions List <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: rc.conf and inetd.conf Message-ID: <3EBBFA92.8030600@landgren.net> In-Reply-To: <20030509031627.GA26108@users.munk.nu> References: <20030508.081208.-253989.0.dark_archon1@juno.com> <20030509031627.GA26108@users.munk.nu>
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Jez Hancock wrote: > Hi Hudson, > > On Thu, May 08, 2003 at 08:12:08AM -0700, Hudson T Clark wrote: > >>Ok I figured out a lot from the two people that helped me out with this >>stuff. I got ssh working (I don't want telnet anymore!) I was just >>wondering I have been looking and the only two files I know of that >>control network services being started is rc.conf and inetd.conf what >>could be starting this smtp service? > > The best resource/starting place is man rc. You'll find lots of useful > info there and pointers to other manpages that cover what you need. > > In particular, network services are started from > /etc/rc.network > > Essentially the rc.network file slurps in the base defaults in > /etc/defaults/rc.conf first and then any settings you have in > /etc/rc.conf override those defaults. These settings (variables) are > then used in each of the rc files called from the 'super rc' file, > /etc/rc (one of which is /etc/rc.network). > > See also this post: > http://marc.theaimsgroup.com/?l=freebsd-questions&m=105231343528470&w=2 > regarding rc network initialization. see also /usr/local/etc/rc.d/*.sh David
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