From owner-freebsd-current Tue Feb 16 06:04:14 1999 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id GAA20406 for freebsd-current-outgoing; Tue, 16 Feb 1999 06:04:14 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from lor.watermarkgroup.com (lor.watermarkgroup.com [207.202.73.33]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id GAA20400 for ; Tue, 16 Feb 1999 06:04:12 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from luoqi@watermarkgroup.com) Received: (from luoqi@localhost) by lor.watermarkgroup.com (8.8.8/8.8.8) id JAA19485 for current@freebsd.org; Tue, 16 Feb 1999 09:04:11 -0500 (EST) (envelope-from luoqi) Date: Tue, 16 Feb 1999 09:04:11 -0500 (EST) From: Luoqi Chen Message-Id: <199902161404.JAA19485@lor.watermarkgroup.com> To: current@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: /etc/defaults/rc.conf Sender: owner-freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG Initially I though /etc/defaults/rc.conf stored the default settings and then we could override some of the settings in /etc/rc.conf, but after a close look at how they are used in /etc/rc*, I am confused: if [ -f /etc/defaults/rc.conf ]; then . /etc/defaults/rc.conf elif [ -f /etc/rc.conf ]; then . /etc/rc.conf fi If I have a /etc/defaults/rc.conf, then my /etc/rc.conf won't be consulted. So what is the purpose of /etc/defaults/rc.conf? -lq To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-current" in the body of the message