From owner-freebsd-doc Thu Jun 15 15:50: 6 2000 Delivered-To: freebsd-doc@freebsd.org Received: from freefall.freebsd.org (freefall.FreeBSD.ORG [204.216.27.21]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id BF01C37BB89 for ; Thu, 15 Jun 2000 15:50:01 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from gnats@FreeBSD.org) Received: (from gnats@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.9.3/8.9.2) id PAA69474; Thu, 15 Jun 2000 15:50:01 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from gnats@FreeBSD.org) Received: from scientia.demon.co.uk (scientia.demon.co.uk [212.228.14.13]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 6982A37BFEA for ; Thu, 15 Jun 2000 15:40:17 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from ben@scientia.demon.co.uk) Received: from magnesium.scientia.demon.co.uk ([192.168.91.34] ident=exim) by scientia.demon.co.uk with esmtp (Exim 3.12 #2) id 132hVr-000PPe-00 for FreeBSD-gnats-submit@freebsd.org; Thu, 15 Jun 2000 22:49:23 +0100 Received: (from ben) by magnesium.scientia.demon.co.uk (Exim 3.12 #2) id 132hVq-0004Hi-00 for FreeBSD-gnats-submit@freebsd.org; Thu, 15 Jun 2000 22:49:22 +0100 Message-Id: Date: Thu, 15 Jun 2000 22:49:22 +0100 From: Ben Smithurst Reply-To: ben@scientia.demon.co.uk To: FreeBSD-gnats-submit@freebsd.org X-Send-Pr-Version: 3.2 Subject: docs/19314: rc(8) manpage has out of date description of rc.local Sender: owner-freebsd-doc@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org >Number: 19314 >Category: docs >Synopsis: rc(8) manpage has out of date description of rc.local >Confidential: no >Severity: non-critical >Priority: low >Responsible: freebsd-doc >State: open >Quarter: >Keywords: >Date-Required: >Class: doc-bug >Submitter-Id: current-users >Arrival-Date: Thu Jun 15 15:50:01 PDT 2000 >Closed-Date: >Last-Modified: >Originator: Ben Smithurst >Release: FreeBSD 3.4-STABLE i386 >Organization: >Environment: >Description: The rc(8) manual page states: Rc.local is executed after the scripts above, but before the rest of the rc file is completed. Presently, all rc.local does is to put version in- formation in /etc/motd. The second sentence is not true, rc.local does not even exist in a default installation. This needs fixing in RELENG_4 as well as HEAD. >How-To-Repeat: >Fix: cvs diff: Diffing . Index: rc.8 =================================================================== RCS file: /usr/cvs/src/share/man/man8/rc.8,v retrieving revision 1.9 diff -u -r1.9 rc.8 --- rc.8 2000/03/03 14:05:02 1.9 +++ rc.8 2000/06/15 21:48:04 @@ -148,10 +148,10 @@ is executed after the scripts above, but before the rest of the .Nm rc file is completed. -Presently, all +In a default installation .Nm rc.local -does is to put version information in -.Pa /etc/motd . +does not exist, but its contents will be executed if the file is created +by the administrator. .Pp Following tradition, the startup files reside in .Pa /etc . cvs diff: Diffing man8.alpha cvs diff: Diffing man8.i386 >Release-Note: >Audit-Trail: >Unformatted: To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-doc" in the body of the message