On 2013-02-23, russell <russ...@dotplan.dyndns.org> wrote: > So I am using tftpd -r <socket> and my rewrite script works however I am > at a loss as to the best way to start tftpd. > > From my experiments, the rewrite engine has to start before tftpd, > tftpd expects the socket to exist. however tftpd is started rather > earlier in /etc/rc than than a "pkg_scripts" rc.d entry(my initial choice). > > So my options as I see them are. > > 1 modify /etc/rd.d/tftpd to start the rewrite engine > benifit:the two programs really do need to run together > problems: will get erased during upgrade. > > 2 modify /etc/rc to start tftpd_rewrite_engine before tftps > problems: nonstandard rc, changes will get erased during upgrade > > 3 remove tftpd from rc.conf.local and make custom rc.d/tftpd_local > that will start both processes from pkg_scripts > problems: nonstandard tftpd start > > > I am hoping I have missed somthing obvious but will probably go with > choice three(the pkg_scripts tftpd)
I would probably go for 3 as well, but note that the system scripts (/etc/rc etc.) are in the etc*.tgz tarball, so they won't automatically get overridden, the worst that could happen is needing a small amount of extra work with sysmerge if the file changes.
