On 4/23/06, Matthew R. Dempsky <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Sun, Apr 23, 2006 at 11:03:46AM -0700, lmyho wrote: > > Just checked, yes I have S20firestarter in rc2.d. But I have no idea about > > the > > rc*.d directories? What are they for? How does this link I have affect > > the start > > of firestarter at bootup? > > The short story is that any script symlinked into /etc/rc2.d will get > executed while your system boots up. (The long story involves sysvinit, > runlevels, and a few other concepts that I'm not well suited to > explain.) > > Since you have that symlink, I expect it should start the firestarter > daemon at boot time. How are you checking that it's not running? > > Does ``invoke-rc.d firestarter start'' or ``invoke-rc.d firestarter > restart'' get it going? > > > -- > To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED] > >
I've got the same problem. A symlink for firestarter is in the rcN.d directories and it even shows up as started in the bootlog. But it doesn't show up in the process list until I manually start it. That plus it seems to have a memory leak are making investigate other firewall options. Can anyone reccomend a firewall that doesn't suck up memory and cause system instability after long uptimes? -- swk