Date: Mon, 4 Feb 2002 14:50:21 -0800 From: "Crist J. Clark" <cristjc@earthlink.net> To: freebsd-arch@freebsd.org Subject: Setting sysctl(8)'s in rc.conf Message-ID: <20020204145021.B3722@gohan.cjclark.org>
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There are a number of rc.conf(5) variables whose sole purpose is to
set sysctl(8) knobs. When I recently changed how the 'log_in_vain'
rc.conf variable worked, it was suggested I remove it completely from
the rc.conf and rc.network. It is something the user should be setting
in /etc/rc.sysctl. For that specific sysctl(8) it seems to make
sense. But what about ones like,
net.inet.tcp.rfc1323
net.inet.icmp.bmcastecho
net.inet.icmp.drop_redirect
...
Should we drop their support from rc.conf(5) and expect the
administrator to put them in /etc/rc.sysctl too?
Note that some sysctl(8)s should NOT be removed like ones that depend
on modules being loaded by conditionals in the rc-scripts. And there
are others where order is important, don't flip
'net.inet.ip.forwading' and some others until the firewall has
started.
--
Crist J. Clark | cjclark@alum.mit.edu
| cjclark@jhu.edu
http://people.freebsd.org/~cjc/ | cjc@freebsd.org
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