Date: Mon, 2 Mar 2009 03:53:24 +0000 From: RW <rwmaillists@googlemail.com> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: rc.conf and starting scripts Message-ID: <20090302035324.2b4e4a09@gumby.homeunix.com> In-Reply-To: <798008.8114.qm@web52107.mail.re2.yahoo.com> References: <798008.8114.qm@web52107.mail.re2.yahoo.com>
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On Sun, 1 Mar 2009 19:14:17 -0800 (PST) gahn <ipfreak@yahoo.com> wrote: > > Hi all: > > I have some starting scripts under some other directories other > than /etc/rc.d. How could I utilize the rc.conf file to start them > when the system boots up? > > The default location for rc.conf is /etc/rc.d only and the knob > "local_startup=/usr/local/etc/rc.d" doesn't seem to be working for me > for some reasons /usr/local/etc/rc.d is the default for local scripts, that's where package put their scripts, but there are some rules. - they should either be proper RCNG scripts or they should end in a .sh extension - local RCNG scripts are ignored if they order themselves before the early-late divider.
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