Date: Wed, 7 Apr 1999 17:50:23 -0500 (EST) From: Jim Cassata <jim@web-ex.com> To: Charles Quarri <randy@hackerz.org> Cc: Wayne M Barnes <stabilizer@klentaq1.emergingtech.org>, FreeBSD Stable <freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: Re: How should I change rc.conf by hand (was Re: -STABLE kernel panics during install...) Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.4.10.9904071747100.9019-100000@Homer.Web-Ex.com> In-Reply-To: <Pine.BSF.4.05.9904071833200.13980-100000@hackerz.org>
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rc.conf can be edited by hand and is well documented for those who do so. Jim Cassata 516.421.6000 jim@web-ex.com Web Express 20 Broadhollow Road Suite 3011 Melville, NY 11747 On Wed, 7 Apr 1999, Charles Quarri wrote: > > > 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 > > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-stable" in the body of the message > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-stable" in the body of the message
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