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Date:      Fri, 29 May 2009 06:19:42 -0700 (PDT)
From:      =?iso-8859-1?Q?Yves_Gu=E9rin?= <yvesguerin@yahoo.ca>
To:        freebsd-rc@freebsd.org
Subject:   Fw : Re : Profile rc idea
Message-ID:  <302139.58064.qm@web56408.mail.re3.yahoo.com>

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Hello,

I forgot to cc to the list, sorry.

Yves Guerin


--- En date de : Ven 29.5.09, Yves Gu=E9rin <yvesguerin@yahoo.ca> a =E9crit=
 :

De: Yves Gu=E9rin <yvesguerin@yahoo.ca>
Objet: Re : Profile rc idea
=C0: "Nathan Lay" <nslay@comcast.net>
Date: Vendredi 29 Mai 2009, 7h14

Dear Sir,

I did something similar to your idea, I custom the boot menu (beastie.4th) =
to choose between home, office, dhcp and default configuration for my netwo=
rk interface on my laptop.
I grab the answer or the choice via the kenv system call, and on my rc dire=
ctory I start my own script just before netif to configure my network depen=
ding on the answer I choose at boot time. So I think the idea can be modify=
 for every used that you can dream of.

I am able to send you my configuration, the boot menu and the rc file.

Regards,

Yves Guerin


--- En date de=A0: Ven 29.5.09, Nathan Lay <nslay@comcast.net> a =E9crit=A0=
:

De: Nathan Lay <nslay@comcast.net>
Objet: Profile rc idea
=C0:=0A freebsd-rc@freebsd.org
Date: Vendredi 29 Mai 2009, 4h26

Hi list,
It would be interesting if rc was extended to support profiles.=A0 Each pro=
file would reflect a different system configuration.=A0 For example profile=
s could describe the computing environment at: home, work, friend's house, =
airplane, etc... The active profile the system uses could be chosen based o=
n some contingency condition.=A0 For example, simply prompting the user to =
choose an rc profile at boot, or using hardware to choose the profile (e.g.=
 like location based contingency using GPS hardware), or whatever...=A0 I g=
uess this only pertains to booting though, but rc seems like a natural plac=
e to do this.=A0 Thoughts, comments?=A0 Yet another idea I have no time to =
try...

Best Regards,
Nathan Lay

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