Date: Sat, 13 Nov 1999 11:39:35 +0100 (CET) From: Alexander Leidinger <A.Leidinger@WJPServer.CS.Uni-SB.de> To: robert+freebsd@cyrus.watson.org Cc: robert@cyrus.watson.org, dcs@newsguy.com, current@freebsd.org Subject: Re: "man" reads /etc/rc.conf? Message-ID: <199911131039.LAA00913@work.net.local> In-Reply-To: <Pine.BSF.3.96.991112205030.45270E-100000@fledge.watson.org>
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On 12 Nov, Robert Watson wrote:
>> >> >> (102) netchild@ttyp2 > grep cat /etc/rc.conf.local
>> >> >> spppconfig_isp0="`cat /etc/isdn/connect.parameters`"
>> > ^^^
>> > Calling programs from any of the rc.conf files is considered evil
>> > and it's looked down on.
>>
>> Itīs there to hide login/passwd information for i4b.
>
> But it seems like the end up as arguments to ifconfig at a later date,
^^ s/if/spp/
> where a user can pull them out of ps, /proc, etc. The window there
> is clearly shorter than keeping it in /etc/rc.conf, but still not
It will only be in /proc (ps, etc.) at execution-/boot-time or am I
missing something?
Bye,
Alexander.
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