Dmitrij D. Czarkoff
On Sep 8, 2011 3:02 AM, "Nick Holland" <n...@holland-consulting.net> wrote:
> On 09/07/11 18:37, Dmitrij D. Czarkoff wrote:
>> Hello!
>>
>> When I start httpd with rc.d script, it silently fails to start. Manual
>> command "sudo /etc/rc.d/httpd start" also fails. I have no httpd_flags
>> specified and I start httpd as the last of rc_scripts.
>>
>> At the same time "sudo apachectl start" start the server. Is there
anything I
>> am missing?
>
> yep.
> 1) system daemons must have a corresponding <daemon>_flags variable
> defined in rc.conf.local. All the files in /etc/rc.d are executed at
> boot, only the daemons named with _flags variables actually "stick" and
> run. The idea is, if you want the daemon to start at boot, you want to
> know that all the pieces are in place for it to happen at boot,
> otherwise, just start the process manually (as you did)
>
> 2) rc_scripts is history. It's now "pkg_scripts" for packages, and has
> nothing to do with system daemons at all.
> * pkg_scripts controls packages
> * rc.conf.local controls daemons included with OpenBSD
>
>
> Nick.
