On Aug 8,  5:45am, Mason Loring Bliss wrote:
} 
} Enclosed are my sshd and atalkd scripts, in case anyone wants random examples
} to peruse, along with my rc.local.conf file. The atalkd script is incomplete
} and would be better off as a series of individual scripts for each requisite
} daemon, but it makes for a good example of how to do "quick and dirty" con-
} versions. The sshd thing should work with either OpenSSH or Datafellows
} without modification, IIRC.
} 
} #!/bin/sh
} 
} # PROVIDE: atalkd
} # REQUIRE: xdm

     Silly question, but why is a filesystem daemon dependent on an X
daemon?

} [snip]
} 
}   if [ -f /usr/pkg/sbin/timelord ]; then
} 	  /usr/pkg/sbin/timelord;		echo -n ' timelord'
}   fi

     I sure hope this is for providing time to Macs only.

} kill_atalkd()
} {
}   echo "Killing afpd processes..."
}   ps ax | grep afpd | grep -v grep | awk '{print $1}' | xargs -n 1 kill
}   echo "Killing atalkd processes..."
}   ps ax | grep atalkd | grep -v grep | awk '{print $1}' | xargs -n 1 kill
} }

     Why don't these daemons create /var/run/*.pid files?

}-- End of excerpt from Mason Loring Bliss