On Mon, 27 Sep 1999 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> On 26 Sep, Axalon Bloodstone wrote:
> > On Sun, 26 Sep 1999 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> >> On 26 Sep, John Aldrich wrote:
> >> > On Sun, 26 Sep 1999, you wrote:
> >> >> How do I do that?
> >> >>
> >> >> It's httpd, the one that is built wiht Apache 1.3.9. I have it
> >> >> configured to standalone in ../../apache/conf/httpd.conf right now, but
> >> >> I don't know how to start it automatically.
> >> >>
> >> >> It says in the docs something about rc3.d, but I don't know what file
> >> >> to edit inside the directory.
> >> > Hmm....good point. I'd say put the httpd command in
> >> > /etc/rc.d/rc.local and let it go from there. AFAIK, that *should* be
> >> > the equivalent of putting it in MSDOS's "autoexec.bat" where it'll
> >> > start automagically at boot.
> >> > 'Course, this is only a guess, as I'm not running httpd here...
> >>
> >> Actually, I believe the better way to do this would be to put the httpd
> >> executable in /etc/rc.d/init.d/ (which, I believe, should be the
> >> default for Mandrake). Did you not install Mandrake's Apache RPM?
> >>
> >> Try `ls /etc/rc.d/init.d/` Do you see httpd anywhere in there? If
> >> not, copy (or link) httpd to this directory. That should start it on a
> >> boot to runlevel 3 or 5.
> >
> > the httpd file in /etc/rc.d/init.d/ is a shell script
>
> So it is. It seems everything in init.d is a shell script. Sure are a
> lot of those around...
>
> So then, since it seems he did not install Mandrake's Apache RPM, I
> guess it would be better to put the startup command in rc.local.
>
> -Matt Stegman
> <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>
Mmm, should be a couple flavors of init scripts floating around in the
apache src then. But of course its your machine ;) put it where ever you
want.
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--Axalon
