Re: Adding lines to /etc/rc ??

["David S." <dgjs_(_at_)_acm_(_dot_)_org>]

On Wed, Mar 14, 2001 at 06:46:33PM +0800, Timothy Power wrote:
> I would have though you would create /etc/rc.conf.local and modify /etc/rc.local... this is the standard method of starting user apps.
> 
> > What is the "standard" way of adding a service to boot automatically ? 
> >  

You can modify '/etc/rc', and you may have to if there are services you
want to add that need to be started before '/etc/rc.local' gets called.
But it's usually more convenient to confine your changes to 
'/etc/rc.local' and '/etc/rc.conf.local'.  That way you have less to
worry about when '/etc/rc' and '/etc/rc.conf' get replaced in a
system upgrade.

David S.