Hi, See the file /etc/inetd.conf
cheers, Wesley MOUEDINE ASSABY On Tue, 13 Sep 2011 12:19:21 +0930, David Walker <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi. > > uname -rsv > OpenBSD 5.0 GENERIC#39 > > I'm gearing up to use popa3d and testing it on a machine. > > I tried the following in rc.conf.local (where V is version number and > exeunt) ... > popa3d_flags="-D" > popa3d_flags="-V" > popa3d_flags="-D -V" > > ... and it does not start. > > Even though I see this in RC.D(8) ... > > Services comprising OpenBSD base > are > started by rc(8). > > ... and this in RC.CONF(8) ... > > This file contains a series of Bourne-shell syntax assignments that > are > used to configure the system daemons. > > ... and these in RC(8) .. > > rc is the command script that is invoked by init(8) when the system > starts up. It performs system housekeeping chores and starts up > system > daemons. > > Normal- > ly, rc.local contains commands and daemons that are not part of the > stock > installation. > > A quick (quick) grep of rc (and rc.conf) shows that while other > services in base are there popa3d is absent in both. > Is this an oversight for popa3d (and perhaps others) that aren't > included in rc but are in base? > Is this intended by the use of "Normally" in rc(8) and do those other > man pages warrant re-wording? > > So I added popa3d to rc.local and that works although I'm not sure if > the intended method is to merely pop the command in there ... > popa3d -D > ... bypassing rc.conf.local flags or some other method. > Doing thiss I get no feedback on whether or not popa3d has started > other than looking at ps -x ... > > It doesn't seem to matter whether or not I have a popa3d file in rc.d ... > This doesn't seem to be the intent of rc.d(8). > If I mv some of the other files related to rc services in rc.d > (notably ntpd and smtpd) I get an error message at boot when I try to > start those services. > Has popa3d or rc.local slipped through the cracks? > > I added popa3d to pkg_scripts= in rc.conf and that appears to function > as intended (rc.conf.local flags obeyed and requires file in rc.d). > > Best wishes.
