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Date:      Wed, 7 Apr 1999 18:36:10 -0400 (EDT)
From:      Charles Quarri <randy@hackerz.org>
To:        Wayne M Barnes <stabilizer@klentaq1.emergingtech.org>
Cc:        FreeBSD Stable <freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG>
Subject:   How should I change rc.conf by hand (was Re: -STABLE kernel panics during install...)
Message-ID:  <Pine.BSF.4.05.9904071833200.13980-100000@hackerz.org>
In-Reply-To: <199904071422.OAA17323@klentaq1.emergingtech.org>

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On Wed, 7 Apr 1999, Wayne M Barnes wrote:

> 
>     Don't 'pull rc.conf from defaults'.  
> 
>     Instead, cp /etc/defaults/rc.conf /etc/rc.conf.local, and then
> edit rc.conf.local.
> Otherwise, a nasty loop is engendered by code at the end of rc.conf,
> causing 'Out of file descriptors'.  Other fixes for this have
> been posted, but evidently not accepted.  

since we are the topic, how should rc.conf be changed by hand.  I know
rc.conf picks up changes from /stand/sysinstall.  Should all of the
by hand changes go into rc.conf.local?

Charles Quarri 



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