Date: Tue, 17 Feb 2004 10:32:37 -0800 From: Ted Cabeen <secabeen@pobox.com> To: freebsd-current@freebsd.org, freebsd-ports@freebsd.org Subject: Feature Request: /usr/local/etc/rc.conf support Message-ID: <87u11p8sl6.fsf@gray.impulse.net>
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With the ever-increasing number of ports that use rc.conf variables to regulate their startup, would it be possible to add support for a /usr/local/etc/rc.conf file in FreeBSD? The constant changes to the rc.conf file have been playing havoc with my centralized management systems, and it makes it harder and harder to keep the /etc/rc.conf file set immutable (which I like to do on critical servers, to prevent the securelevel from changing). A /usr/local/etc/rc.conf file would be a nice solution to this problem. As I see it, that file would only be used when starting programs that live in /usr/local/etc/rc.d and use the rc system. Built-in programs would continue to use /etc/rc.conf. Making this change would only require a small change to /usr/local/etc/rc.subr. I can submit a patch or a PR if needed. -- Ted Cabeen http://www.pobox.com/~secabeen ted@impulse.net Check Website or Keyserver for PGP/GPG Key BA0349D2 secabeen@pobox.com "I have taken all knowledge to be my province." -F. Bacon secabeen@cabeen.org "Human kind cannot bear very much reality."-T.S.Eliot cabeen@netcom.com
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