djbdns

[Peter Risdon]

Ion-Mihai Tetcu wrote:

>Take a look at /usr/local/etc/rc.d/svscan.sh.sample 
>
>1. SVDIR=/var/service/ - so svscan will look at /var/service and not
>/service; either do:
>a) what is suggested and use /var/services (e.g. ln -s /etc/dnscache
>/var/service) or 
>b) change SVDIR=/var/service/ to SVDIR=/service/
>
>I would use a); also note that creating the log file in /etc/dnscache is
>IMHO a bad idea.
>  
>
I'm not disagreeing, but the original post complained of something being 
wrong in some documentation. Most reference and tutorial pages for 
djbdns and other djb stuff like qmail assume a /service directory, 
rather than /var/service. Using /var/service does seem more logical, but 
can be a source of confusion, especially if people are copying and 
pasting commands from online instructions, something the various 
references often suggest.

>2. 
># cp /usr/local/etc/rc.d/svscan.sh.sample /usr/local/etc/rc.d/svscan.sh
># /usr/local/etc/rc.d/svscan.sh start
># svstatus /var/services/dnscache
># svstatus /var/services/dnscache/log
># dnsip www.freebsd.org
>  
>
Shouldn't it be:

# svstat /var/service/dnscache

etc?

PWR