Help! Stupid Newbie Question

[Gerard Seibert]

On Sat, 24 Sep 2005 13:30:43 -0700, Glenn Dawson <glenn at antimatter.net>
Subject: Re: Help! Stupid Newbie Question
Wrote these words of wisdom:

> 
> If the port you installed was relatively recent, you just need 
> mysql_enable="YES" in your rc.conf.
> 
> If it's an older port, look for a sample startup script in 
> /usr/local/etc/rc.d.  You just need to rename it so that it ends in 
> .sh and it will start at boot time.
> 
> -Glenn


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On 9/24/2005 4:57:41 PM, Gerard Seibert Replied:

When I first started using FreeBSD, I had the same problems. It would be
nice if the author of the man pages included the start up information as
well as the location of any config files as the first entry in the page.
I have even installed programs where the startup scripts were commented
out, for example: cups.sh-sample, and I went looking for why the program
was not starting before it dawned on me what the problem was. I realize
that someone with years of experience would not have had that sort of
problem, but for a new user, it is all to common. We are always getting
requests for how do I start foo, or what have you on this list.

That is just my 2¢ worth of unasked for opinion.


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Gerard Seibert
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