Re: rc.conf and starting scripts

2009-03-02 Thread Jerry McAllister
On Sun, Mar 01, 2009 at 07:14:17PM -0800, gahn wrote: Hi all: I have some starting scripts under some other directories other than /etc/rc.d. How could I utilize the rc.conf file to start them when the system boots up? The default location for rc.conf is /etc/rc.d only and the knob

rc.conf and starting scripts

2009-03-01 Thread gahn
Hi all: I have some starting scripts under some other directories other than /etc/rc.d. How could I utilize the rc.conf file to start them when the system boots up? The default location for rc.conf is /etc/rc.d only and the knob local_startup=/usr/local/etc/rc.d doesn't seem to be working for

rc.conf and starting scripts

2009-03-01 Thread Robert Huff
gahn writes: The default location for rc.conf is /etc/rc.d only and the knob local_startup=/usr/local/etc/rc.d doesn't seem to be working for me for some reasons Your best bet is to figure out why the latter is true, and fix it. Robert Huff

Re: rc.conf and starting scripts

2009-03-01 Thread Olivier Nicole
Hi, The default location for rc.conf is /etc/rc.d only and the knob local_startup=/usr/local/etc/rc.d doesn't seem to be working for me for some reasons Syntax? on my machines it's: local_startup=/usr/local/etc/rc.d with quotes around the path, not around the full line. Olivier

Re: rc.conf and starting scripts

2009-03-01 Thread RW
On Sun, 1 Mar 2009 19:14:17 -0800 (PST) gahn ipfr...@yahoo.com wrote: Hi all: I have some starting scripts under some other directories other than /etc/rc.d. How could I utilize the rc.conf file to start them when the system boots up? The default location for rc.conf is /etc/rc.d only

Re: rc.conf and starting scripts

2009-03-01 Thread Polytropon
Allow me an addition: On Mon, 2 Mar 2009 03:53:24 +, RW rwmailli...@googlemail.com wrote: /usr/local/etc/rc.d is the default for local scripts, that's where package put their scripts, but there are some rules. - they should either be proper RCNG scripts or they should end in a .sh