Date: Thu, 25 Mar 1999 15:51:28 -0800 From: Mike Smith <mike@smith.net.au> To: Rahul Dhesi <dhesi@rahul.net> Cc: freebsd-current@freebsd.org Subject: Re: rc.conf issues: host identity vs host config Message-ID: <199903252351.PAA01025@dingo.cdrom.com> In-Reply-To: Your message of "Thu, 25 Mar 1999 08:41:22 PST." <199903251641.AA07426@bolero-x.rahul.net>
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> The current rc.conf system doesn't seem to allow for separating out host > identity from host configuration. Just to squash this; yes, it does. > As a result I'm not able to create a > site-wide rc.conf file and rdist it to multiple machines, configured > identically except for having distinct own host names. I think some > very basic information identifying a host should be kept in its own > place: You can do this trivially. Put the data in /etc/rc.conf.site, and include it at the end of /etc/rc.conf. rc.conf then contains per-system configuration information, and rc.conf.site can be rdist'ed around. -- \\ Sometimes you're ahead, \\ Mike Smith \\ sometimes you're behind. \\ mike@smith.net.au \\ The race is long, and in the \\ msmith@freebsd.org \\ end it's only with yourself. \\ msmith@cdrom.com To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-current" in the body of the message
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