On Thu, 29 Jan 2015 20:56:50 +0100 fRANz <[email protected]> wrote:
>Hello guys, >I implemented this config: > >http://home.nuug.no/~peter/pf/newest/log2syslog.html > >in order to stream pf logs to a remote machine. >If I add the command: > >sudo nohup tcpdump -n -v -l -q -n -e -ttt -i pflog0 action block | >logger -t pf -p local2.info & > >to the /etc/rc.local file and reboot the box, it works for the boot >time but then tcpdump process disappear (I'm sure the file is >processed because previous commands are committed successfully), like >something kills the process. > >Just for test I move the command from /etc/rc.local to /etc/rc: >tcpdump still works perfectly, also after boot time, for every reboot. > >What are differences between rc.local and rc executions? Could you >please help me to understand? >It's not a problem for me remove the command from rc.local and put it >in rc file but I'm curious to find the reason. > >On this platform (OpenBSD 5.6 amd64 on PcEngines APU) rc.local is >invoked like this: > >[ -f /etc/rc.local ] && sh /etc/rc.local > >Thank you for any tip. >-f > what happens if you source /etc/rc.local instead? as in: [ -f /etc/rc.local ] && . /etc/rc.local
