questionable feature- rcvar woes

[Dan Nelson]

In the last episode (Nov 28), Andrei Kolu said:
> Something is wrong with rcvar or I am just blatant.
> 
> For example:
> 
> 1) Enable powerd in rc.conf
> # echo 'enable_powerd="YES"' >> /etc/rc.conf
> 2) Launch powerd
> # /etc/rc.d/powerd start
> Starting powerd.
> 3) And stopping it.
> # /etc/rc.d/powerd stop
> Stopping powerd.
> 
> Everything looks fine, but when I disable powerd in rc.conf then problem 
> arise.
> 
> 1) Disable powerd in rc.conf- comment it out.
> # enable_powerd="YES"
> 2) Stop powerd
> # /etc/rc.d/powerd stop
> ...silence- nothing in logs either.
> 
> What? Not even a warning message and powerd is actually running- why
> I have to reboot to disable it? I know that I can stop it by enabling
> it in rc.conf but what the point? Same problem when I want to start
> some service without appropriate line in rc.conf. I'd prefer to see
> somekind of warning about misconfigured rc.conf or at least
> information about what's going on in reality.

Try "/etc/rc.d/powerd forcestop".  What happens during startup and
shutdown is that all rc.d scripts are run with "start" or "stop"
arguments, and only the ones that have been enabled do anything.

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	Dan Nelson
	dnelson at allantgroup.com