I choose to run FreeBSD instead of Linux.  The linuxes that I tried were
fine, but I like the port tree with FreeBSD.

gorilla

"AthlonRob" <junkmail@axpr.net> wrote in message
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On Fri, 12 Dec 2003 09:57:04 -0600, gorilla <bsdgorilla@hotmail.com>

wrote:

box.  I have modified /usr/local/etc/rc.setiathome.conf as follows
seti_proxy_server=192.168.1.11:5517
I then typed in setiathome.  Setiathome then began to run and retrieved
a unit, for berkeley not my server.  Can someone please let me know what
I have done wrong.  I can type in setiathome -proxy 192.168.1.11:5517
and it will point to my server, but I do not want to have to start the
process by hand every time.

When you edit that /usr/local/etc/rc.setiathome.conf (is that *really*
where FreeBSD's port puts it?  What an odd location...), you are setting
the settings for when you run the setiathome rc script, *not* when you
just run 'setiathome' ... when you just run 'setiathome' you are calling
the binary directly and it isn't checking for settings in oddball files
like /usr/local/etc/rc.setiathome.conf.

I think FreeBSD's init scripst are similar to Slackware's, which are
said to be very BSD like... so if you run /usr/local/etc/rc.setiathome
or maybe /usr/local/etc/rc.d/rc.setiathome or maybe
/etc/rc.d/rc.setiathome instead of just setiathome it should do what you
expect.  If you have /etc/rc.d/rc.local, you could add a line to the end
of that to call the rc.setiathome script, wherever it may be.

If you can't find the script, I think FreeBSD includes the GNU
Fileutils, right?  If so, you can do an updatedb && locate rc.setiathome
to see where the script sits.

I think it raises the question, though... why are you using FreeBSD if
you don't understand how it's init scripts work?  FreeBSD tends to be
geared more towards the experienced Linux/Unix users who have a really
strong grasp of this stuff and need to do oddball things that Linux, for
whatever reason, won't do for them.  There is no speed advantage going
with FreeBSD vs Linux 2.6.0-test11.  There are, however, compatability
pitfalls.  If you decide you want to give linux a shot, you might enjoy
Gentoo or Slackware as a base system with Gentoo's Portage put on top of
it (there's a project out there with just such a goal in mind).

-- 
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