I found this from Google quite some time ago, and now run 3 snort/mysql boxes on 3.9 and 4.0 with no probs-
http://www.nomoa.com/bsd/mysql.htm Happy Hunting, Dan Farrell Applied Innovations [EMAIL PROTECTED] > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of > Daniel Ouellet > Sent: Thursday, December 28, 2006 2:21 PM > To: misc@openbsd.org > Subject: Re: auto start mysql and snort OpenBSD 4.0 > > Edy wrote: > > Hi > > > > I have googled and read on the man pages but something is missing here. > > > > For example i have the following in my /etc/rc.local > > > > if [ X"${mysql}" == X"YES" -a -x /usr/local/bin/safe_mysqld ]; then > > echo -n ' mysqld'; /usr/local/share/mysql/mysql.server start > > fi > > > > if [ X"${snort}" == X"YES" -a -x /usr/local/bin/snort ]; then > > echo -n ' snort'; /usr/local/bin/snort -D -d -i fxp0 -c > > /etc/snort/snort.conf -u _snort -g _snort > > fi > > > > and in my /etc/rc.conf.local > > mysql=YES > > snort=YES > > > > When the system rebooted, both processes are not started. > > > > If i were to execute example echo -n ' mysqld'; > > /usr/local/share/mysql/mysql.server start from command line, mysql > > started successfully. > > > > Any clue? > > I don't know about snort, but as far as MySQL is concern, why don't you > do it right. > > http://www.openbsdsupport.org/mysql.htm#/etc/rc.local > > Then adjust it for your snort needs. > > Best, > > Daniel