From owner-freebsd-questions Wed Sep 22 15:34: 2 1999 Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from axl.noc.iafrica.com (axl.noc.iafrica.com [196.31.1.175]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 787BB14F6A for ; Wed, 22 Sep 1999 15:33:54 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from sheldonh@axl.noc.iafrica.com) Received: from sheldonh (helo=axl.noc.iafrica.com) by axl.noc.iafrica.com with local-esmtp (Exim 3.02 #1) id 11TuxI-000OVr-00; Thu, 23 Sep 1999 00:33:40 +0200 From: Sheldon Hearn To: "Alejandro Ramirez" Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG, "Monte Westlund" Subject: Re: Followup, was: bad rc.conf? In-reply-to: Your message of "Wed, 22 Sep 1999 17:14:11 EST." <013f01bf0547$cc8ef100$fba3f9cf@megared.net.mx> Date: Thu, 23 Sep 1999 00:33:40 +0200 Message-ID: <94230.938039620@axl.noc.iafrica.com> Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG On Wed, 22 Sep 1999 17:14:11 EST, "Alejandro Ramirez" wrote: > you have to make all the propper changes to the /etc/rc.conf file, and > leave untouched the /etc/defaults/rc.conf file. Just to clarify this, you don't _have_ to leave teh defaults file untouched. It's just good practice. The idea is that your overrides go into /etc/rc.conf, which is only every messed with by humans. When you upgrade your system or run mergemaster to update your configs, a virgin /etc/defaults/rc.conf saves you time. Ciao, Sheldon. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message