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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.

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