Re: qmail start

[Al Lipscomb <arl@q7.net>]

On Sat, Mar 17, 2001 at 08:59:34PM -0600, Vasil Slavov wrote:
> Hi,
> I have a problem starting qmail. In FreeBSD I used to start 
> it by making a symlink in /usr/local/etc/rc.d to 
> /var/qmail/rc. Well, in OpenBSD there is no such dir.
> I read in the FAQ that I can start daemons from 
> /etc/rc.local, but I still weren't able to start qmail.
> First, I tried just adding /var/qmail/rc at the end of the 
> file, then I tried:
> 
> if [ -x /var/qmail/rc ]; then
> 	echo -n ' qmail';	/var/qmail/rc
> fi
> 
> Upon boot, just before it starts cron, it freezes.
> I have to press ^C in order to continue.
> The rc script is actually /var/qmail/boot/home. I think
> there is something wrong with it because if I try to 
> execute it manually, it doesn't return a command prompt, 
> but when I go to another terminal, it shows qmail 
> running.
> 

If you are running on of the standard rc scripts you will find
that it does an exec which fires off qmail and does not return
to rc.local.

Take a look at http://www.lifewithqmail.org and follow the installation
steps there. I had qmail running on OpenBSD in about an hour.


> And where am I supposed to put the scripts which I want to 
> be executed upon each boot?
> 
/etc /usr/local 
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