rc.d ?

[Malcolm Kay]

On Fri, 15 Aug 2008 09:31 am, kalin m wrote:
> hi all...
>
> i used to be able to put startup scripts in
> /usr/local/etc/rc.d/. now on a new 7 install i have the
> scripts there but after restart nothing happens....
>
Most startup scripts now require a line:
 enable_whatever="YES"
in rc.conf before they will run. This is also usually now the 
case also with scripts in /usr/local/etc/rc.d

Usually comment lines near the beginning of the script 
will elaborate enable_whatever

Malcolm

> using the example here:
> http://www.freebsd.org/doc/en/books/handbook/configtuning-star
>ting-services.html
>
> any particular reason?
>
> thanks..
>
>
>
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