On Friday, November 18, 2005 3:15:25 PM, martinko <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: Re: starting services? Wrote these words of wisdom:
> Gerry Freymann wrote: > > On Thu, 17 Nov 2005 08:45:14 -0500 > > "Lonnie Cumberland" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > >>I have just installed the Samba3 via the packages in the > >>/stand/sysinstall but am not clear on how to start the daemon. I have > >>had a lot of experience with Linux but have not learned a lot about > >>FreeBSD yet and am working on it. > > > > > > Welcome to FreeBSD. You didn't mention what version you are using, so I > > can only speak definitively on v4. > > > > If you installed via the ports/packages, it should have dropped a start > > up script in /usr/local/etc/rc.d (which is where a lot of the start > > up/shut down scripts go for various programs). > > > > You may have something in there called samba.sh.sample. If you copy it or > > rename it to samba.sh it will automatically start and stop samba for you > > as needed. > > > > If you manually want to do this, you *must* use the full path to the > > script: > > > > /usr/local/etc/rc.d/samba.sh start | stop > > > > You should find what you need in /usr/local/etc/rc.d > > > > > i wonder why i cannot start for instance ssh with > /etc/rc.d/sshd start > but i always have to use > /etc/rc.d/sshd forcestart > and similarly for stop, status, etc. > > any ideas pls ?? > > cheers, > > martin ***** REPLY SEPARATOR ***** On 10/11/2005 5:29:42 PM, Gerard Replied: You need the following directives in the /etc/rc.conf file. samba_enable="YES" sshd_enable="YES" Now, reboot the machine and both services should start up. You will see a message displayed as they are started. _______________________________________________ [email protected] mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"
