How to rerun /etc/rc.conf

Alain De Vos

Alain De Vos

I've edited rc.conf.
How to rerun /etc/rc.conf in order for the new services to be started.
[Offcourse I can service X onestart but that's not the idea, it's to test for syntactical errors in rc.conf ]
 
rc.conf isn't run, it's sourced, several times, by scripts in /etc/rc.d (and /usr/local/etc/rc.d/). If you want to start a service just start it.
Alain De Vos said:
I can service X onestart
Click to expand...
service <servicename> onestart is for starting services that haven't been enabled in rc.conf.


Alain De Vos said:
it's to test for syntactical errors in rc.conf
Click to expand...
There's nothing "standard" that could test it. But it's just a shell script with variables. So running sh -x /etc/rc.conf shouldn't produce errors.
 
I'm not sure about this: sysrc -c.

Related:
forums.freebsd.org

Python script which checks for syntax error in rc.conf

Hello all, I have made a simple Python scripts which checks your rc.conf file for syntax errors (basically it checks all the lines in the file and output the ones which contain syntax errors). The script itself is very simple but I guess that many people will find it useful (I am pretty...
forums.freebsd.org forums.freebsd.org
 
Alain De Vos said:
It seems with mariadb, mysql_server_enable="YES" does not start. I've added "service mysql-server onestart" to rc.conf, and that works.
Click to expand...
The second sentence seems like the wrong thing to do.
I would double check the exact syntax/form of the variable. You should be able to look in the actual script file to find out what it's looking for. The script "mysql-server" most likely exists in /usr/local/etc/rc.d not in /etc/rc.d. Look for the line that starts with "rcvar"
 
Note mysql-server has minus in the name in /usr/local/etc/rc.d and underscore in rc.conf. Maybe thats why mariadb does not get started.
 
You must log in or register to reply here.
Back
Top