You'll probably get a better response on a FreeBSD mailing list... but (from memory), the proper location for FreeBSD startup script is /usr/local/etc/rc.d/
If that doesn't work you might try: man rc.conf Good Luck - Jon Carnes On Sun, 2003-12-28 at 20:15, backdoc wrote: > Thank you very much for the help. The problem was that I didn't have a > mailman mailing list and I needed to start the mailmanctl daemon. > > I wasn't aware of these changes to Mailman. > > I have a new question, though. Where should I put the > "/usr/local/mailman/Mailman/bin/mailmanctl start" command in FreeBSD so > that it starts on boot? > > TIA, > Darren > > Jon Carnes wrote: > > Read FAQ 3.14 > > > > It looks like either your cron daemon is not running (for Mailman > > versions 2.0.x and below) - or your mailmanctl daemon is not runing (for > > Mailman versions 2.1.x and above). > > > > Jon Carnes > > > > On Sun, 2003-12-28 at 10:29, backdoc wrote: > > > >> Problem description: > >> > >>I can no longer subscribe to or send mail to my lists. > >> > >> Here's some detail. > >> > >> From the standpoint of being able to use the mailing lists (subscribe, > >>post messages, etc), the lists had been working for several weeks. > >>Then, spontaneously, all of the normal list server tasks quit working > >>except for the web interface. Attempting to subscribe to a mailing list > >>results in a page that says a "confirmation has been sent ...". But, I > >>never receive that confirmation mail. > >> > >>I have looked at all of the logs in /mailman/logs to see if I could see > >>any references to my attempts to subscribe to the list. But, I do not. > >> /var/log/messages does not show any references to Mailman either. > >> > >>My mail server is Postfix. It seems to operate normally in every way. > >> > >> Some possible clues: > >> > >>I don't really have any strong suspicions that point to a particular > >>culprit. I don't generally muck around with my server except to keep > >>the installed software up to date via portupgrade. I don't really > >>remember if the lists not working coorelates to running portupgrade. > >>But, I don't think so. > >> > >>Due to the fact that I own 2 domains and the domain name for the box is > >>not the same domain name of the list I have created the lists for, there > >>was a minor issue regarding the wrong URL showing up on the web > >>interface portion of Mailman. It was showing the box domain name as > >>opposed to the list domain name. The incorrect URL did not appear to > >>have an adverse affect. But, it was potentially confusing for users. > >>So, I made a few attempts to correct it by altering the mm_cfg.py file. > >> In spite of some good suggestions here on the mailman-users list, I > >>never resolved that problem. Again, I can't associate Mailman breaking > >>with attempts to fix the URL problem. > >> > >> What additional info can I give you to help you help me? > >> > >>That's about all that I can think of to shed light on the problem. Not > >>seeing anything in the log files, I don't really know how to backtrace > >>the problem? Even though I don't feel like I broke it by editing the > >>mm_cfg.py file or running portupgrade, I'm sure that I have somehow > >>broken it. > >> > >>Any suggestions would be very much appreciated. > >> > >>TIA, > >>Darren > >> > >>------------------------------------------------------ > >>Mailman-Users mailing list > >>[EMAIL PROTECTED] > >>http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/mailman-users > >>Mailman FAQ: http://www.python.org/cgi-bin/faqw-mm.py > >>Searchable Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/mailman-users%40python.org/ > >> > >>This message was sent to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > >>Unsubscribe or change your options at > >>http://mail.python.org/mailman/options/mailman-users/jonc%40nc.rr.com > > > > > > > > ------------------------------------------------------ > > Mailman-Users mailing list > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/mailman-users > > Mailman FAQ: http://www.python.org/cgi-bin/faqw-mm.py > > Searchable Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/mailman-users%40python.org/ > > > > This message was sent to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Unsubscribe or change your options at > > http://mail.python.org/mailman/options/mailman-users/mailman-users%40usmstudent.com > > ------------------------------------------------------ Mailman-Users mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/mailman-users Mailman FAQ: http://www.python.org/cgi-bin/faqw-mm.py Searchable Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/mailman-users%40python.org/ This message was sent to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Unsubscribe or change your options at http://mail.python.org/mailman/options/mailman-users/archive%40jab.org