starting services?

martinko martinkov at pobox.sk
Mon Nov 21 14:11:40 GMT 2005


On Mon, 21 Nov 2005 10:17:01 +0800, Foo Ji-Haw wrote
> > i wonder why i cannot start for instance ssh with
> > /etc/rc.d/sshd start
> > but i always have to use
> > /etc/rc.d/sshd forcestart
> > and similarly for stop, status, etc.
> > 
> > any ideas pls ??
> You have to add a line in /etc/rc.conf. I think it is 
> samba_enable="YES".


well, if you add sshd_enable="YES", the service (always) starts on boot.

i just want to start it manually and i wonder why it doesn't listen to "start"
argument but only "forcestart" and similarly for other commands i've got to
use "force".

anyone knows why pls ??

martin


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