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From: Paul Schmehl <pauls@utdallas.edu>
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--On Wednesday, February 06, 2008 17:46:40 +0100 Wojciech Puchar 
<wojtek@wojtek.tensor.gdynia.pl> wrote:

>>
>> No, don't add anything to rc.local.
>
> no because of?
>

Because rc.local is the legacy, deprecated method of handling local scripts, 
per man (8) rc.

"Typically, the /usr/local/etc/rc.d/ mechanism is used instead of rc.local 
these days but f you want to use rc.local, it is still supported. "

So, while it's still supported, it's no longer the standard way of handling 
local scripts, and it could go away in the future.

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Paul Schmehl (pauls@utdallas.edu)
Senior Information Security Analyst
The University of Texas at Dallas
http://www.utdallas.edu/ir/security/