*_enable = "YES" for FreeBSD

Ed Stover estover at nativenerds.com
Mon May 9 18:21:57 PDT 2005


Foo Ji-Haw wrote:
> Last time I used FreeBSD (4.3), I can start services with just
> apache2.sh start. Now everything needs to be explicitly turned on via
> rc.conf (apache2_enable="YES"). Is this rcNG as mentioned in the
> handbook? Where can I find documentation for this?
> 
> Is there any way I can still turn start/ stop the services at rc.d/ ?
> 
> Sorry, one last question: if I changed rc.conf, how can I get the system
> to reload this script without rebooting?
I am not a big fan of rcsubr but every one else likes it lol
I thinkhow it is done is
1. modify rc.conf ( add program_enable="YES" )
2. then run /usr/local/etc/rc.d/program.sh start
3. done, with none of that nasty rebooting too. rebooting is for wimps ;)


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