Date: Thu, 19 May 2011 11:03:58 -0700 (PDT) From: Lyndon Nerenberg <lyndon@orthanc.ca> To: FreeBSD-gnats-submit@FreeBSD.org Subject: conf/157189: Default /etc/sysctl.conf should be removed. Message-ID: <201105191803.p4JI3whu099185@orthanc.ca> Resent-Message-ID: <201105192230.p4JMU9gH036576@freefall.freebsd.org>
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>Number: 157189 >Category: conf >Synopsis: Default /etc/sysctl.conf should be removed. >Confidential: no >Severity: non-critical >Priority: low >Responsible: freebsd-bugs >State: open >Quarter: >Keywords: >Date-Required: >Class: change-request >Submitter-Id: current-users >Arrival-Date: Thu May 19 22:30:09 UTC 2011 >Closed-Date: >Last-Modified: >Originator: Lyndon Nerenberg >Release: FreeBSD 8.1-STABLE i386 >Organization: none >Environment: System: FreeBSD orthanc.ca 8.1-STABLE FreeBSD 8.1-STABLE #2: Thu Aug 19 12:59:29 PDT 2010 lyndon@orthanc.ca:/usr/obj/usr/src/sys/ORTHANC i386 >Description: The installers put in place a sysctl.conf file that does nothing, but which contains a $FreeBSD$ header. This results in a no-op file serves only to create noise when mergemaster is run on a system that actually uses sysctl.conf to override default settings. Since the distribution will never use this file to set system defaults, the $FreeBSD$ header is pointless. As with /etc/rc.local, this file should not be present unless explicitly created by the system administrator. >How-To-Repeat: n/a >Fix: Remove /etc/sysctl.conf from the distribution installs. >Release-Note: >Audit-Trail: >Unformatted:
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