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author | Mina Galić <freebsd@igalic.co> | 2023-06-02 18:01:03 +0000 |
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committer | Graham Perrin <grahamperrin@FreeBSD.org> | 2023-06-10 18:32:15 +0000 |
commit | 0c2cdf496834490ab25b763ee7cae5d006d39729 (patch) | |
tree | 0a5f0300875f19160c7ca619f91c73a88615b00f | |
parent | 13cc2842304c8eb8730807e6b3a493cafefe8fd6 (diff) | |
download | src-0c2cdf496834490ab25b763ee7cae5d006d39729.tar.gz src-0c2cdf496834490ab25b763ee7cae5d006d39729.zip |
rc(8): document how to reload rc's configuration
The fact that rc(8) only reads its configuration once is in the man
page, but how to trigger a reload is only in the code.
Discovered while trying to make cloud-init disable and stop syslogd.
Thanks to RhodiumToad for providing the words.
Reviewed by: debdrup, grahamperrin
Approved by: grahamperrin, imp
Sponsored by: The FreeBSD Foundation
Differential revision: https://reviews.freebsd.org/D40329
(cherry picked from commit 0981275c75d5678172eb9dd8fbc89ef61c05c979)
-rw-r--r-- | share/man/man8/rc.8 | 18 |
1 files changed, 14 insertions, 4 deletions
diff --git a/share/man/man8/rc.8 b/share/man/man8/rc.8 index 8b6fc094b7db..14cc83d8e32d 100644 --- a/share/man/man8/rc.8 +++ b/share/man/man8/rc.8 @@ -31,7 +31,7 @@ .\" @(#)rc.8 8.2 (Berkeley) 12/11/93 .\" $FreeBSD$ .\" -.Dd July 4, 2022 +.Dd June 1, 2023 .Dt RC 8 .Os .Sh NAME @@ -124,10 +124,9 @@ to load various .Xr rc.subr 8 shell functions to use. .It -Load the configuration files. +Load the configuration files (see below for reloading). .It -Determine if booting in a jail, -and add +Determine if booting in a jail, and add .Dq Li nojail (no jails allowed) or .Dq Li nojailvnet @@ -371,6 +370,17 @@ the command name (see the .Sx EXAMPLES section). .Pp +The configuration files are normally read only once at the start of a boot +sequence; if a script needs to +.Cm enable +or +.Cm disable +any other script that would run later in the sequence, it must send a +.Dv SIGALRM +to the rc process (identified by +.Ev $RC_PID ) +to have it re-read the files. +.Pp The following key points apply to old-style scripts in .Pa /usr/local/etc/rc.d/ : .Bl -bullet |