Mounting /usr/local from NFS

[Polytropon]

On Thu, 6 Feb 2020 14:12:30 -0600, D'Arcy Cain wrote:
> I am not sure why I am having a problem but it may be related to this.
> I am mounting /usr/local from a master machine in the office.  I also
> mount /home and a few local directories.  Everything seems to work OK
> except that local rc.d scripts aren't running.  For example, I have
> xdm_enable set in rc.conf but when I boot it doesn't start.  I look at
> /var/log/messages and I don't see anything about xdm, not even errors.
> 
> After it boots I can do "service xdm restart" and it starts just fine.
> 
> I wonder if this is because /usr/local is mounted too late for rc to see
> the scripts in /usr/local/etc/rc.d.  I tried to figure out the variable
> "mountcritremote" but I can't find any documentation on it.  I tried
> setting it to "YES" and "/usr/local" but it didn't help.
> 
> The same issue happens with postfix which is the other program I am
> running from ports.
> 
> So, first question is, does this seem like a likely explanation for what
> I am seeing?

Looks like it.



>  Second question is how do I fix this either way?

A solution would be to use /etc/rc.local, which should contain
the following:

	#!/bin/sh
	/sbin/mount <your NFS shares>
	for SERVICE in "postfix xdm <and other services"; do
		/usr/sbin/service ${SERVICE} start
	done
	exit 0

When /etc/rc.local is being run - I'm not sure! - it could be
that the mounts for NFS have already taken place, so you might
be able to omit the manual NFS mount step.

However, this is not to be considered a clean solution... ;-)



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