Date: Wed, 31 Dec 2014 10:44:07 -0800 From: Alfred Perlstein <alfred@freebsd.org> To: Garrett Cooper <yaneurabeya@gmail.com>, Glen Barber <gjb@FreeBSD.org> Cc: Ryan Kois <ryan.kois@gmail.com>, hackers@freebsd.org, re@freebsd.org, Claudia Yadathi <yadathi@gmail.com> Subject: Re: How to make a FreeBSD vm in virtualbox. Message-ID: <54A443F7.2060700@freebsd.org> In-Reply-To: <54AD08E1-588F-4FFC-9F30-5EBF524A7045@gmail.com> References: <13C55A7B-4010-40FA-901B-DF8ED6BADD87@freebsd.org> <20141231042455.GB53230@hub.FreeBSD.org> <24520431-8E2A-4D70-BD2D-D8D76A98C762@freebsd.org> <20141231151723.GA75959@hub.FreeBSD.org> <alpine.BSF.2.11.1412310842490.98682@wonkity.com> <20141231161529.GB75959@hub.FreeBSD.org> <54AD08E1-588F-4FFC-9F30-5EBF524A7045@gmail.com>
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On 12/31/14 10:34 AM, Garrett Cooper wrote: > On Dec 31, 2014, at 8:15, Glen Barber <gjb@FreeBSD.org> wrote: > >> On Wed, Dec 31, 2014 at 08:48:01AM -0700, Warren Block wrote: >>> On Wed, 31 Dec 2014, Glen Barber wrote: >>>> On Tue, Dec 30, 2014 at 10:04:38PM -0800, Alfred Perlstein wrote: >>>>>> I think 'ifconfig_DEFAULT="DHCP"' in rc.conf(5) is what you want. >>>>> Do we want this by default in all images? (I would vote yes). >>>>> >>>> I'd actually argue 'no.' As a sysadmin, I don't want any system doing >>>> anything I don't expect it to do, virtual machine or not. >>> It can have security implications. And I've never tested what happens when >>> there is more than one interface. First one wins, probably. >>> >>> How about adding it to rc.conf, but commented? >>> >> I think this would be the least objectionable solution, with a note in >> motd mentioning how to enable networking. > Why not do what a lot of OSes do and give folks a dialog that says, > > “I saw you haven’t setup networking — do you want to do so now?” > > It’s already in bsdinstall… moving it into the boot process earlier on seems like an acceptable thing to do. > > Thanks! That is fucking brilliant... seriously. If you user picks "no" you can just make a sentinal file (that expert users can make be default if they are rolling their own releases). -Alfred
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