At 02:05 PM 9/24/2005, Gerard Seibert wrote:
On Sat, 24 Sep 2005 13:30:43 -0700, Glenn Dawson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Help! Stupid Newbie Question
Wrote these words of wisdom:
>
> If the port you installed was relatively recent, you just need
> mysql_enable="YES" in your rc.conf.
>
> If it's an older port, look for a sample startup script in
> /usr/local/etc/rc.d. You just need to rename it so that it ends in
> .sh and it will start at boot time.
>
> -Glenn
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On 9/24/2005 4:57:41 PM, Gerard Seibert Replied:
When I first started using FreeBSD, I had the same problems. It would be
nice if the author of the man pages included the start up information as
well as the location of any config files as the first entry in the page.
I have even installed programs where the startup scripts were commented
out, for example: cups.sh-sample, and I went looking for why the program
was not starting before it dawned on me what the problem was.
I think the primary reason for not having a port
automatically start after it's installed would be
security. There are a number of things that
might present a security risk if they are enabled
with their default configurations, or no
configuration at all. I don't believe I've ever
seen a port install itself so that it starts at boot time.
Section 4.6 in the handbook has this:
Ports that should start at boot (such as Internet
servers) will usually install a sample script in
/usr/local/etc/rc.d. You should review this
script for correctness and edit or rename it if
needed. See
<http://www.freebsd.org/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/configtuning-starting-services.html>Starting
Services for more information.
I realize
that someone with years of experience would not have had that sort of
problem, but for a new user, it is all to common. We are always getting
requests for how do I start foo, or what have you on this list.
There are a great many people that post to the
list with questions that are readily available in
the handbook, or some other part of the web
site. I don't think that's likely to change any time soon.
-Glenn
That is just my 2¢ worth of unasked for opinion.
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Gerard Seibert
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