freebsd newbie

I had an unused computer lying around so I decided to try freebsd. Everything is working great except for one small problem I have yet to solve. Apache will not start on boot. If I go to /usr/etc/local/rc.d/ and type “./apache2.sh start” it starts fine and everything works as it should. The script was the default one that was installed with apache. Is there something that needs to be modified with the script or some other file before it will work on boot?

A quick flip through the handbook and I discovered /etc/rc.local. Sounded promising so I plug in “sh /usr/local/etc/rc.d/apache2.sh start” and rebooted. No dice. That command looked a bit odd so I gave “/usr/local/sbin/apachectl start” a try. Still no luck. I get the feeling this is one of those problems where the answer is staring me right in the face.

A few other notes about my setup.
-mysql and webmin both start fine at boot
-freebsd 4.10
-I believe I used pkg_add to install it apache

Sorry im no *nix literate person but:

http://www.webmasterworld.com/forum40/721.htm

If you haven't already done so, you should add starting up Apache to your system startup files. I have the following in /etc/rc.local, although I'm sure there are more 'proper' ways of doing it (feel free to drop me a note with a suggestion)

Code:

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    #
    # Fire Up Apache
    #
    if [ -f /usr/local/apache/bin/apachectl ]; then
        /usr/local/apache/bin/apachectl start
    fi

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for 3.3 though, hope those help you somewhat

http://freebsd.lanfear.com/howtos/frontpage.html

Do an "ls -la" in the /usr/etc/local/rc.d/ dir qnd check if that script is executable.

You can see that by the x in the properties line of a file

Code:

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-rwxr-xr-x  1 root root 1286 May 29 00:54 sshd

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If its not try #chmod +x <file> and reboot ...

Greetz,

Both good suggestions but still no luck. Think I’ll try reinstalling from the ports collection when I have a moment.