daemontools - djbdns

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Yance Kowara wrote:
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "RW" <list-freebsd-2004 at morbius.sent.com>
> To: <freebsd-questions at freebsd.org>; "Cristian Mijea"
> <cmijea at gmail.com>
> Sent: Sunday, February 12, 2006 1:31 AM
> Subject: Re: daemontools - djbdns
> 
> 
> 
>>On Thursday 09 February 2006 18:56, Cristian Mijea
> 
> wrote:
> 
>>>Ok. trying to follow Matt Simenson's DJBDNS on
> 
> FreeBSD how-to from here:
> 
> http://matt.simerson.net/computing/dns/djbdns-freebsd.shtml
> 
>>>Now it writes that I must get the start up script
> 
> from here:
> 
> http://matt.simerson.net/computing/mail/toaster/services.txt
> 
>>>All OK, just that the .txt file is missing. Can
> 
> anyone please email it to
> 
>>>me?
>>
>>That how-to is pretty-old, there is a local rc.d
> 
> script now.
> 
>>You just need turn it on  in /etc/rc.conf
>>
>>    svscan_enable=YES
>>
>>and optionally set svscan_servicedir if you don't
> 
> want to use 
> 
>>/var/service.
>>
>>Some of the how-tos for DJBDNS  use some really odd
> 
> paths. It doesn't 
> 
>>really
>>matter where the service directory goes, since it
> 
> should only contain 
> 
>>links,
>>but some people have the real dnscache directory
> 
> under /etc which is a bad
> 
>>place to put it under FreeBSD.
>>
> 
> 
> Hi RW,
> Why is it bad to put it under /etc ... is this
> specific for FreeBSD or any 
> Unix OS?
> 
> Where is the proper place?
> 
> Kind regards,
> 
> Yance Kowara 

Try Matt's new version of the HowTo, it is at
http://www.tnpi.biz/internet/dns/djbdns-freebsd.shtml
and the links work fine. He moved everything to his new domain some time 
ago.

I've installed daemontools on lots of servers, many heavily loaded, 
running FreeBSD / NetBSD / Solaris. I have always followed Dan's 
suggested install paths and I have never had a single issue. I don't 
even use the start script in /usr/local/etc/rc.d, I still edit 
/etc/rc.local. Mainly because I have three OSs, and three versions of 
FreeBSD, two of which handle startup differently (4.10 and 5.4).

While I agree it may be bad "form" to use Dan's paths. I do not believe 
it is bad in general, as in harmful. So while Matt's HowTo may not be in 
sync with current FreeBSD thinking it is a well documented, working 
procedure. A new user will have a successful install following it.

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