> > Jerry McAllister wrote: > >> At Sun, 19 Mar 2006 it looks like Jerry McAllister composed: > >> > >>> One doesn't start anything from the rc.conf file - at least properly. > >>> Those things get started from /usr/local/etc/rc.d. > >>> > >>> What goes in /etc/rc.conf are environmental variable settings that > >>> those rc.d scripts look at to determine what to do. > >>> > >> I was under the impression that when one 'restarts' that the > >> service will "re-read" /etc/rc.conf > > > > I am not sure just at what point the rc.conf is read or re-read. > > Try putting something in the /usr/local/etc/rc.d/xxxx.sh script to > > check for a specific environmental variable that you make up and put > > in /etc/rc.conf and then running the xxxx.sh script manually to see > > what it knows about - even just put a printenv in the script. > > > > ////jerry > > From the source it's clear that rc.conf is read when the individual rc > script executes a load_rc_config $name (or equivalent).
Sounds likely. I didn't actually check where it reads it. ////jerry > > HTH, > Micah > _______________________________________________ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"