Date: Thu, 30 Nov 2000 11:24:57 +0100 From: Christoph Sold <so@server.i-clue.de> To: Rich Morin <rdm@cfcl.com> Cc: freebsd-doc@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: documenting nonexistent files Message-ID: <3A262AF9.5020108@i-clue.de> References: <4910.975533445@axl.fw.uunet.co.za> <p05001918b64b6effa13c@[192.168.168.205]>
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Great work. I like it. Wish I had such a thing when I started to stumble around FreeBSD... Here's my $.02: Rich Morin wrote: [snip] > > ===== > [snip] > defaults / default configuration files Add a note not to change the files in the defaults directory, but to create a file with the same name in the /etc directory, and to just put the changed values into. > > make.conf + configuration variables for system builds (see make(1)) > pccard.conf + configuration file for pccardd(8) > rc.conf + system configuration info (see rc.conf(5)) > disktab + disk description file (see disktab(5)) > dm.conf + configuration file for games (see dm(6)) [snip] > mail / sendmail(8) mail transport agent control files > sendmail.cf - raw control file; presence tested by /etc/rc > * - assorted sendmail(8) control files Please add a pointer to the FreeBSD sendmail make mechanism. [snip] > phones + phone number database for tip(1) (see phones(5) > pim6dd.conf + configuration file for pim6dd(8) (see pim6dd.conf(5)) > pim6sd.conf + configuration file for pim6sd(8) (see pim6sd.conf(5)) A hint to /etc/ppp/... (both userland and kernel) would be helpful [snip] > rc + system startup script (see init(8), rc(8)) > rc.alpha 1 startup script for (Alpha) axp-specific processing > rc.atm + networking startup script for atm(8) rc.conf - System configuration file, overrides settings in /etc/defaults/rc.conf [snip] > > rc.local - startup script; run by /etc/rc Add: N.B: A better place to start local services is /usr/local/etc/rc.d/ HTH -Christoph Sold To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-doc" in the body of the message
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