Re: not adding daemons to rc.conf



On Wed, Aug 30, 2006 at 08:47:06PM -0500, Jonathan Horne wrote:
ive noticed that apache can be started manually using the apachectl tool, even
if it is not enabled in /etc/rc.conf. do many other daemons have this
ability? i have a dev server that i would like to not have many things
enabled in the rc.conf, but i would like an easy way to just start specific
daemons when i need.

Why, yes. There's nothing "magical" about the rc mechanisms, and you are
free to start daemons on your own. Be warned that there may be side
effects with some daemons, being that they are not started the same way
regarding login class or whatnot. But normally this won't be a problem.

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