From owner-freebsd-ports@FreeBSD.ORG Tue Feb 17 10:32:37 2004 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-ports@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id BA76916A4CE; Tue, 17 Feb 2004 10:32:37 -0800 (PST) Received: from gray.impulse.net (gray.impulse.net [207.154.64.174]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id AF0D243D1D; Tue, 17 Feb 2004 10:32:37 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from secabeen@pobox.com) Received: by gray.impulse.net (Postfix, from userid 1000) id 827214C4; Tue, 17 Feb 2004 10:32:37 -0800 (PST) To: freebsd-current@freebsd.org, freebsd-ports@freebsd.org From: Ted Cabeen Date: Tue, 17 Feb 2004 10:32:37 -0800 Message-ID: <87u11p8sl6.fsf@gray.impulse.net> User-Agent: Gnus/5.1006 (Gnus v5.10.6) XEmacs/21.4 (Reasonable Discussion, berkeley-unix) MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Subject: Feature Request: /usr/local/etc/rc.conf support X-BeenThere: freebsd-ports@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: Porting software to FreeBSD List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Tue, 17 Feb 2004 18:32:37 -0000 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