From 0f4b290330fdacce27e11b1f4b346353da8ef358 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Marcello Lamonaca Date: Sun, 23 Mar 2025 11:30:29 +0100 Subject: [PATCH] linux: openrc: add service config location --- docs/linux/init/open-rc.md | 9 ++++++--- 1 file changed, 6 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-) diff --git a/docs/linux/init/open-rc.md b/docs/linux/init/open-rc.md index e211ca1..dcada0f 100644 --- a/docs/linux/init/open-rc.md +++ b/docs/linux/init/open-rc.md @@ -1,6 +1,7 @@ # [OpenRC](https://github.com/OpenRC/openrc/blob/master/user-guide.md) -**OpenRC** is a dependency-based init system for Unix-like systems that maintains compatibility with the system-provided init system, normally located in /sbin/init. OpenRC is Gentoo's native init system, although other init systems are available. +**OpenRC** is a dependency-based init system for Unix-like systems that maintains compatibility with the system-provided init system, normally located in `/sbin/init`. +OpenRC is Gentoo's native init system, although other init systems are available. OpenRC will start necessary system services in the correct order at boot, manage them while the system is in use, and stop them at shutdown. It can manage daemons installed from the Gentoo repository, can optionally supervise the processes it launches, and has an the possibility to start processes in parallel - when possible - to shorten boot time. @@ -34,7 +35,7 @@ The default startup uses the runlevels `sysinit`, `boot`, and `default`, in that ### Managing Services -Any service can, at any time, be started/stopped/restarted by executing with the `rc-service` helper someservice start, rc-service someservice stop, etc. +Any service can, at any time, be started/stopped/restarted by executing with the `rc-service` helper: ```sh rc-service start @@ -44,7 +45,7 @@ rc-service status rc-service zap ``` -Another, less preferred method, is to run the service script directly, e.g. /etc/init.d/service start, /etc/init.d/service stop, etc. +Another, less preferred method, is to run the service script directly: ```sh /etc/init.d/ start @@ -54,6 +55,8 @@ Another, less preferred method, is to run the service script directly, e.g. /etc /etc/init.d/ zap ``` +> **Note**: the configuration for each service is in `/etc/conf.d/` + There is a special command `zap` that makes OpenRC 'forget' that a service is started. This is mostly useful to reset a crashed service to stopped state without invoking the (possibly broken) stop function of the service script. Calling `openrc` without any arguments will try to reset all services so that the current runlevel is satisfied.