freebsd doesm't see my script on boot

Lane lane at joeandlane.com
Mon Nov 27 10:07:55 PST 2006


On Monday 27 November 2006 11:02, Jerry McAllister wrote:
> On Mon, Nov 27, 2006 at 06:30:43PM +0200, Gregory Edigarov wrote:
> > Hello, Everybody
> >
> > Well, here is what I am doing:
> > ls -l /usr/local/etc/rc.d
> > total 30
> > -r-xr-xr-x  1 root  wheel  4744 Nov 13 11:38 apache22
> > -r-xr-xr-x  1 root  wheel   673 Nov 13 14:27 clamav-clamd
> > -r-xr-xr-x  1 root  wheel   722 Nov 13 14:27 clamav-freshclam
> > -r-xr-xr-x  1 root  wheel  1057 Nov 13 14:27 clamav-milter
> > -r-xr-xr-x  1 root  wheel  1254 Nov 13 13:01 gnugk
> > -r-xr-xr-x  1 root  wheel   198 Nov 15 01:17 l2tpd
> > -r-xr-xr-x  1 root  wheel   196 Nov 14 12:35 popa3d
> > -r-xr-xr-x  1 root  wheel  1642 Nov 13 11:19 quagga
> > -r-xr-xr-x  1 root  wheel  4371 Nov 13 14:00 samba
> > -r-xr-xr-x  1 root  wheel  1324 Nov 14 15:20 squid
> > -r-xr-xr-x  1 root  wheel   564 Nov 13 11:19 watchquagga
>
> Doesn't the name need to end in '.sh' to be recognized and run from rc.d?
>
> It used to be that way anyway and I haven't noticed that it
> has changed.
>
> Try changing the name to l2tpd.sh -- and leave it executable, of course.
>
> ////jerry
>
> > cat /usr/local/etc/rc.d/l2tpd
> > #!/bin/sh
> >
> > #PROVIDE l2tpd
> > #REQUIRE NETWORKING
> >
> > . /etc/rc.subr
> >
> > name="l2tpd"
> > rcvar=`set_rcvar`
> > command="/usr/local/sbin/${name}"
> > flags=""
> > echo "l2tp debug"
> >
> > load_rc_config $name
> > run_rc_command "$1"
> >
> > in rc.conf:
> > l2tpd_enable="YES"
> >
> > Then after  reboot:
> > ps ax | grep l2tpd
> > 667  v1  RL+    0:00.00 grep l2tpd
> >
> > i.e no l2tpd has been started.
> > no messages on console, either. My script just got silently skipped, all
> > other services are starting up fine.
> >
> > What's  wrong?
> >
> > --
> > With best  regards,
> >    Gregory Edigarov
> >
> >
> >
I think it changed in 6.X.  6.1 still recognizes the .sh extension, but it 
will also execute scripts in /usr/local/etc/rc.d that DON'T have the 
extension.

lane


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