Best Way to Start an App at Boot Time?

[Paul Schmehl]

--On March 18, 2006 8:55:49 PM +0000 robert <bsd at bathnetworks.com> wrote:
>
> rc.local is not normally used with later versions of Freebsd - see man
> rc.local.
>
> The script should tell you how to use it, but normally it should be
> added to /usr/local/etc/rc.d and called from /etc/rc.conf with something
> like denyhosts="YES".
>
Please note that it would be denyhosts_enable="YES"

As long as there isn't anything special about the binary, a "standard" rc 
script will work fine.  You can look in your own /usr/local/etc/rc.d 
directory for examples, copy one and change the names to fit your program.

Paul Schmehl (pauls at utdallas.edu)
Adjunct Information Security Officer
University of Texas at Dallas
AVIEN Founding Member
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