From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Sat Jul 5 06:36:47 2003 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 C2DC437B401 for ; Sat, 5 Jul 2003 06:36:47 -0700 (PDT) Received: from dsl-mail.kamp.net (mail.kamp-dsl.de [195.62.99.42]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 99CF043FAF for ; Sat, 5 Jul 2003 06:36:46 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from root@pukruppa.de) Received: (qmail 21294 invoked by uid 505); 5 Jul 2003 13:36:50 -0000 Received: from root@pukruppa.de by dsl-mail by uid 502 with qmail-scanner-1.14 (spamassassin: 2.43. Clear:. Processed in 0.186542 secs); 05 Jul 2003 13:36:50 -0000 Received: from unknown (HELO reverse-213-146-114-24.dialin.kamp-dsl.de) (213.146.114.24) by dsl-mail.kamp.net with SMTP; 5 Jul 2003 13:36:49 -0000 Date: Sat, 5 Jul 2003 15:39:47 +0200 (CEST) From: "P. U. Kruppa" To: ACiD In-Reply-To: Message-ID: <20030705152723.F56856@small.pukruppa.de> References: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: FreeBSD Startup 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: Sat, 05 Jul 2003 13:36:48 -0000 On Sat, 5 Jul 2003, ACiD wrote: > All, > > I have been working a lot with Free 5.0. Because of a few issues, I had to > back down to 4.8-RELEASE. Now I am having problems understanding the rc > loading process. On 5.0 its easier (what I am used to from the Solaris > days, etc.) The file system has an /etc/rc.d directory that loads separate > scripts on boot. My local apps are also loaded from /usr/local/etc/rc.d. > This, for me, was a convenient way to modify say syslogd and change it to > listen for incoming network connections (-r). > > But in 4.8 there is no rc.d directory. I am having trouble understanding > how everything works here. the /etc/rc file seems to load everything > (most - at least syslog) referencing a "syslogd_flags" variable. I found > that placing this variable in the rc.conf file was reference (google > search), but it did not work for me. I guess you have to edit /etc/rc.conf - do have a look at # man rc.conf which lists all options. Regards, Uli. > > Anyhow, would someone mind taking the time and explain the rc load process > on 4.8 to me and why its different in 5 ? Also, am I correct in saying that > the 5.x tree will (remain) change to using the rc.d directory structure that > I like so much ??? > > Thanks very much in advance and sorry for seeming like such a noob ! > > _______________________________________________ > 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" > +-----------------------------------+ | Peter Ulrich Kruppa | | - Wuppertal - | | Germany | +-----------------------------------+