Re: not adding daemons to rc.conf
Jona Joachim wrote: Jonathan Horne wrote: ive noticed that apache can be started manually using the apachectl tool, even if it is not enabled in /etc/rc.conf. do many other daemons have this ability? i have a dev server that i would like to not have many things enabled in the rc.conf, but i would like an easy way to just start specific daemons when i need. Take a look at /usr/local/etc/rc.d You will see several scripts belonging to server applications you installed. Each one of these scripts can start or stop the service. For example: /usr/local/etc/rc.d/apache.sh start /usr/local/etc/rc.d/apache.sh stop When you put something into rc.conf it is actually this script that is executed, so every daemon that can be enabled in rc.conf can also be started/stopped using those scripts. But the scripts check rc.conf so they still have to be enabled in rc.conf unless you use forcestart... box# grep pf_enable /etc/rc.conf box# pwd /etc/rc.d box# ./pf start box# echo pf_enable=\YES\ /etc/rc.conf box# grep pf_enable /etc/rc.conf pf_enable=YES box# ./pf start Enabling pf. No ALTQ support in kernel ALTQ related functions disabled No ALTQ support in kernel ALTQ related functions disabled box# Chris ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: not adding daemons to rc.conf
On 31/08/2006 05:25, Daniel Bye wrote: On Wed, Aug 30, 2006 at 08:47:06PM -0500, Jonathan Horne wrote: ive noticed that apache can be started manually using the apachectl tool, even if it is not enabled in /etc/rc.conf. do many other daemons have this ability? i have a dev server that i would like to not have many things enabled in the rc.conf, but i would like an easy way to just start specific daemons when i need. There is the force modifier which may be of help/interest. It works like this: # /usr/local/etc/rc.d/script forcestart This will, well, force the script to run, even if it's not explicitly enabled in /etc/rc.conf. It does more, it will force the script to run even if a daemon is running. What OP is looking for is 'one' prefix: # /usr/local/etc/rc.d/script onestart # /usr/local/etc/rc.d/script onestop After rc.subr(8) manpage: -- run_rc_command argument [...] force Skip the checks for rcvar being set to ``YES'', and sets rc_force=YES. This ignores argument_precmd returning non-zero, and ignores any of the required_* tests failing, and always returns a zero exit status. oneSkip the checks for rcvar being set to ``YES'', but performs all the other prerequisite tests. -- HTH, Karol -- Karol Kwiatkowski freebsd at orchid dot homeunix dot org OpenPGP: http://www.orchid.homeunix.org/carlos/gpg/0x06E09309.asc signature.asc Description: OpenPGP digital signature
Re: not adding daemons to rc.conf
On Thu, Aug 31, 2006 at 02:43:20PM +0200, Karol Kwiatkowski wrote: It does more, it will force the script to run even if a daemon is running. What OP is looking for is 'one' prefix: Ah! Even better. Thanks for the tip. Dan -- Daniel Bye PGP Key: http://www.slightlystrange.org/pgpkey-dan.asc PGP Key fingerprint: D349 B109 0EB8 2554 4D75 B79A 8B17 F97C 1622 166A _ ASCII ribbon campaign ( ) - against HTML, vCards and X - proprietary attachments in e-mail / \ pgpMyuwrpFpbk.pgp Description: PGP signature
Re: not adding daemons to rc.conf
Jonathan Horne wrote: ive noticed that apache can be started manually using the apachectl tool, even if it is not enabled in /etc/rc.conf. do many other daemons have this ability? i have a dev server that i would like to not have many things enabled in the rc.conf, but i would like an easy way to just start specific daemons when i need. thanks, jonathan ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] You can always use: /usr/local/etc/rc.d/scriptname forcestart or /etc/rc.d/scriptname forcestart But this just overrides enable keyword in rc scripts and of course will not start your service in the next boot. Sincerely, Tofig Suleymanov ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: not adding daemons to rc.conf
Jonathan Horne wrote: ive noticed that apache can be started manually using the apachectl tool, even if it is not enabled in /etc/rc.conf. do many other daemons have this ability? i have a dev server that i would like to not have many things enabled in the rc.conf, but i would like an easy way to just start specific daemons when i need. Take a look at /usr/local/etc/rc.d You will see several scripts belonging to server applications you installed. Each one of these scripts can start or stop the service. For example: /usr/local/etc/rc.d/apache.sh start /usr/local/etc/rc.d/apache.sh stop When you put something into rc.conf it is actually this script that is executed, so every daemon that can be enabled in rc.conf can also be started/stopped using those scripts. Daemons coming with the base system have there scripts in the /etc/rc.d directory. ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: not adding daemons to rc.conf
On Wed, Aug 30, 2006 at 08:47:06PM -0500, Jonathan Horne wrote: ive noticed that apache can be started manually using the apachectl tool, even if it is not enabled in /etc/rc.conf. do many other daemons have this ability? i have a dev server that i would like to not have many things enabled in the rc.conf, but i would like an easy way to just start specific daemons when i need. Why, yes. There's nothing magical about the rc mechanisms, and you are free to start daemons on your own. Be warned that there may be side effects with some daemons, being that they are not started the same way regarding login class or whatnot. But normally this won't be a problem. -- Darrin Chandler| Phoenix BSD Users Group [EMAIL PROTECTED] | http://bsd.phoenix.az.us/ http://www.stilyagin.com/ | ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: not adding daemons to rc.conf
Darrin Chandler writes: On Wed, Aug 30, 2006 at 08:47:06PM -0500, Jonathan Horne wrote: ive noticed that apache can be started manually using the apachectl tool, even if it is not enabled in /etc/rc.conf. do many other daemons have this ability? i have a dev server that i would like to not have many things enabled in the rc.conf, but i would like an easy way to just start specific daemons when i need. Why, yes. There's nothing magical about the rc mechanisms, and you are free to start daemons on your own. Be warned that there may be side effects with some daemons, being that they are not started the same way regarding login class or whatnot. But normally this won't be a problem. The cool thing about using a properly designed script is it will be aware of all the things which need to be started first and try to start them is they aren't already running. For a hard-core development server maybe this doesn't matter ... but the closer one gets to a production environment, the more useful it tends to become. Robert Huff ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: not adding daemons to rc.conf
On Wed, Aug 30, 2006 at 08:47:06PM -0500, Jonathan Horne wrote: ive noticed that apache can be started manually using the apachectl tool, even if it is not enabled in /etc/rc.conf. do many other daemons have this ability? i have a dev server that i would like to not have many things enabled in the rc.conf, but i would like an easy way to just start specific daemons when i need. There is the force modifier which may be of help/interest. It works like this: # /usr/local/etc/rc.d/script forcestart This will, well, force the script to run, even if it's not explicitly enabled in /etc/rc.conf. Close to what you want? -- Daniel Bye PGP Key: http://www.slightlystrange.org/pgpkey-dan.asc PGP Key fingerprint: D349 B109 0EB8 2554 4D75 B79A 8B17 F97C 1622 166A _ ASCII ribbon campaign ( ) - against HTML, vCards and X - proprietary attachments in e-mail / \ pgpmKV4wqx9KX.pgp Description: PGP signature
