From owner-freebsd-bugs Wed Dec 19 8:50:13 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 D324737B41D for ; Wed, 19 Dec 2001 08:50:02 -0800 (PST) Received: (from gnats@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.11.6/8.11.6) id fBJGo2Y19634; Wed, 19 Dec 2001 08:50:02 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from gnats) Date: Wed, 19 Dec 2001 08:50:02 -0800 (PST) Message-Id: <200112191650.fBJGo2Y19634@freefall.freebsd.org> To: freebsd-bugs@FreeBSD.org Cc: From: Peter Pentchev Subject: Re: bin/32953: log-in-vain level should be setable in rc.conf Reply-To: Peter Pentchev 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: Peter Pentchev To: Garrett Wollman 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 18:41:09 +0200 On Wed, Dec 19, 2001 at 11:39:00AM -0500, Garrett Wollman wrote: > < 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? I was about to ask the same question in a further follow-up :) I, too, think that this is sysctl.conf material, at least in -current. G'luck, Peter -- "yields falsehood, when appended to its quotation." yields falsehood, when appended to its quotation. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-bugs" in the body of the message