From owner-freebsd-bugs Wed Dec 19 8:40: 5 2001 Delivered-To: freebsd-bugs@hub.freebsd.org Received: from freefall.freebsd.org (freefall.FreeBSD.org [216.136.204.21]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 901AB37B416 for ; Wed, 19 Dec 2001 08:40:03 -0800 (PST) Received: (from gnats@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.11.6/8.11.6) id fBJGe3n17732; Wed, 19 Dec 2001 08:40:03 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from gnats) Date: Wed, 19 Dec 2001 08:40:03 -0800 (PST) Message-Id: <200112191640.fBJGe3n17732@freefall.freebsd.org> To: freebsd-bugs@FreeBSD.org Cc: From: Garrett Wollman Subject: Re: bin/32953: log-in-vain level should be setable in rc.conf Reply-To: Garrett Wollman Sender: owner-freebsd-bugs@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk List-ID: List-Archive: (Web Archive) List-Help: (List Instructions) List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: X-Loop: FreeBSD.org The following reply was made to PR bin/32953; it has been noted by GNATS. From: Garrett Wollman To: Peter Pentchev Cc: freebsd-gnats-submit@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: bin/32953: log-in-vain level should be setable in rc.conf Date: Wed, 19 Dec 2001 11:39:00 -0500 (EST) < said: > Why would they have to fix it? This patch treats all non-numeric values > as a default log level of 1; a "YUP" would be treated just the same > as a "YES". If I may ask a higher-level question: Should every potentially-useful sysctl(8) setting have a configuration variable in rc.conf? Is this not precisely what sysctl.conf is for? -GAWollman To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-bugs" in the body of the message