Order of rc file execution [solved]

[Helge Preuss]

Erik Norgaard wrote:

> Helge Preuss wrote:
>
>>
>>>> I use a GBDE-encrypted /var partition which i attach and mount 
>>>> during boot in rc.local.
>>>
>>>
>>> why don't you use /etc/rc.d/gbde? (btw, which version of FBSD?).
>>
>>
>> Heh, because I didn't know about it! Thanks, this looks like the 
>> cleanest solution.
>>
>> How do I use this script? If I interpret the source correctly, I 
>> should just set
>>    gbde_devices-auto="AUTO"
>> in /etc/rc.conf and enter my encrypted partition in the fstab?
>
Actually, the variable ${gbde_devices-auto} in /etc/rc.d/gdbe is almost 
certainly a typo. I changed it to ${gbde_devices_auto}.
Additionally, one has to set
    gbde_lock_[device]=/path/to/lockfile        or
    gbde_lockdir=/path/to/lockdir           [where the lockfile(s) must 
have the encrypted slice's name and a '.lock' extension
in /etc/rc.conf.
Having done this, i have a solution for mounting encrypted partition at 
boot, which seems perfectly clean to me. Wonderful.

>>
>> Dummy question: Where should I look to find documentation about 
>> scripts like this? I haven't found it mentioned in either the 
>> handbook or the manpages.
>
>
> I don't know. It might not be documented so well yet, but there's an 
> rc mailing list, try search the archive:
>
>   http://lists.freebsd.org/pipermail/freebsd-rc/
>
> Cheers, Erik



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