From owner-freebsd-ports@FreeBSD.ORG Thu Feb 19 13:52:47 2004 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-ports@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 390C816A4CF; Thu, 19 Feb 2004 13:52:47 -0800 (PST) Received: from rwcrmhc13.comcast.net (rwcrmhc13.comcast.net [204.127.198.39]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 3176F43D2D; Thu, 19 Feb 2004 13:52:47 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from slave-mike@slavepix.com) Received: from office.vbservices.net ([24.129.5.125]) by comcast.net (rwcrmhc13) with ESMTP id <20040219215244015007mh8re>; Thu, 19 Feb 2004 21:52:45 +0000 Received: from lxfvm8jmsx9muk3 (ip-199.internal [192.168.0.199]) i1JLqggn061576; Thu, 19 Feb 2004 16:52:42 -0500 (EST) (envelope-from slave-mike@slavepix.com) Message-ID: <001401c3f732$93405c40$c700a8c0@lxfvm8jmsx9muk3> From: "slave-mike" To: "Doug White" , "Ted Cabeen" References: <87u11p8sl6.fsf@gray.impulse.net> <20040218180829.B43291@carver.gumbysoft.com> Date: Thu, 19 Feb 2004 16:51:47 -0500 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook Express 6.00.3790.0 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.00.3790.0 cc: freebsd-current@freebsd.org cc: freebsd-ports@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Feature Request: /usr/local/etc/rc.conf support X-BeenThere: freebsd-ports@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: Porting software to FreeBSD List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Thu, 19 Feb 2004 21:52:47 -0000 as /et/rc.conf is sourced as a shell script archive could one put something like ... if [ -x /usr/local/etc/rc..conf ]; then . /usr/local/etc/rc.conf fi in /etc/rc.conf ??? ----- Original Message ----- From: "Doug White" To: "Ted Cabeen" Cc: ; Sent: Wednesday, February 18, 2004 9:10 PM Subject: Re: Feature Request: /usr/local/etc/rc.conf support > On Tue, 17 Feb 2004, Ted Cabeen wrote: > > > With the ever-increasing number of ports that use rc.conf variables to > > regulate their startup, would it be possible to add support for a > > /usr/local/etc/rc.conf file in FreeBSD? The constant changes to the > > rc.conf file have been playing havoc with my centralized management > > systems, and it makes it harder and harder to keep the /etc/rc.conf > > file set immutable (which I like to do on critical servers, to prevent > > the securelevel from changing). > > I keep wanting to suggest using the already-existent /etc/rc.conf.local, > but now that you mention that you want to lock out changes to stuff like > securelevel, it makes more sense why you'd want to split it off. > > -- > Doug White | FreeBSD: The Power to Serve > dwhite@gumbysoft.com | www.FreeBSD.org > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-current@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-current > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-current-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" >