rc.d ?

[Pollywog]

On Friday 15 August 2008 02:24:27 Malcolm Kay wrote:
> 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
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I put my own settings in /etc/rc.conf.local so that they will not be 
overwritten when I upgrade the system.