Michael Beattie wrote:
On 11/21/05, Halldor R. Haflidason <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
On Monday, 21 November 2005 at 15:11:35 +0100, martinko wrote:
On Mon, 21 Nov 2005 10:17:01 +0800, Foo Ji-Haw wrote
i wonder why i cannot start for instance ssh with
/etc/rc.d/sshd start
but i always have to use
/etc/rc.d/sshd forcestart
and similarly for stop, status, etc.
any ideas pls ??
You have to add a line in /etc/rc.conf. I think it is
samba_enable="YES".
well, if you add sshd_enable="YES", the service (always) starts on boot.
i just want to start it manually and i wonder why it doesn't listen to "start"
argument but only "forcestart" and similarly for other commands i've got to
use "force".
anyone knows why pls ??
martin
Because when the system boots up it sends the 'start' argument to all the
scripts in the rc.d directories, those scripts then check wether they
should start or not. Force start simply overrides that check.
Halldor
Then something's broken, no? If the service isnt running and you send
it a "start" and it doesnt start, then that's bad. You shouldnt need
to override some checks, it should do what it's commanded to do.
Nothing is broken, the script IS doing what it's commanded to do. rc.d
scripts are intended to start service at boot time. The ability to
start them arbitrarily is a convenience feature. When the system boots
it sends ALL of the scripts in the rc.d directory the "start" command.
The scripts are designed to check rc.conf and if they are not enabled in
rc.conf, then they do not run (making service management as easy as
editing one config file). "forcestart" is a convenience command to
temporarily enable a service without making it run every time you boot
the os. By using it, you are saying "Even though I said DO NOT RUN
service x, force service x to run."
HTH,
Micah
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