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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

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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 
> 
> 
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