Date: Sun, 7 Feb 1999 16:38:45 -0500 (EST) From: Chuck Robey <chuckr@mat.net> To: Matthew Dillon <dillon@apollo.backplane.com> Cc: Mike Smith <mike@smith.net.au>, Andreas Klemm <andreas@klemm.gtn.com>, current@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: some woes about rc.conf.site Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.4.05.9902071636330.338-100000@picnic.mat.net> In-Reply-To: <199902072116.NAA26516@apollo.backplane.com>
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On Sun, 7 Feb 1999, Matthew Dillon wrote: > My opinion is that since we have /etc/rc and /etc/rc.local, we might > as well use /etc/rc.conf and /etc/rc.conf.local the same way -- that > is, just as /etc/rc should not be touched by anyone, neither should > /etc/rc.conf be touched by anyone. > > sysinstall ( and any other GUI configurator ) should mess with > /etc/rc.conf.site > > The user messes with /etc/rc.conf.local > > Perhaps the problem is that we are simply naming these things badly. > Frankly, I would rather get rid of rc.conf.site entirely and just leave > rc.conf and rc.conf.local -- and have sysinstall mess with rc.conf.local. You don't think we should have different rc files for admining: 1) local options to system stuff, like setting net stuff, and 2) local ports-oriented options, that control things outside of of the base FreeBSD system? It looks like you don't draw that line, right? ----------------------------+----------------------------------------------- Chuck Robey | Interests include any kind of voice or data chuckr@glue.umd.edu | communications topic, C programming, and Unix. 213 Lakeside Drive Apt T-1 | Greenbelt, MD 20770 | I run picnic (FreeBSD-current) (301) 220-2114 | and jaunt (Solaris7). ----------------------------+----------------------------------------------- To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-current" in the body of the message
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