Julian, What do you mean that you put OpenVPN into your hostname.if? Can your hostname.if file contain sh script code? If so is that true also with something like hostname.fxp0?
Also, what do you mean by use ps? Thanks, - Jake On 9/18/07, Julian Leyh <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On 02:05 Tue 18 Sep , Jake Conk wrote: > > Hello, > > > > Simple noob question... I've installed a few packages (ie nrpe2 and > > openvpn) that on other systems like Linux and even BSD based systems > > such as FreeBSD provide means of a rc script which can start and stop > > the service and you can configure this script to be executed on boot. > > > > After installing these packages on OpenBSD I've listed the package > > contents and don't notice any equivalent files that would do this. Are > > we supposed to write our own startup scripts and place them in > > /etc/rc.local to be executed when the system boots? > > Yes.. Some packages even give you an example how to put it in your > rc.local. > > As for OpenVPN, I put it into my hostname.if, to have it start whenever > the interface is started at boot time. > > > Does OpenBSD not > > use rc scripts that start/stop/restart/ and status applications? > > no, use rc.local and ps ;) > > > > > Thanks, > > - Jake > > > > You're welcome, > Julian
