Date: Wed, 07 Apr 1999 16:00:49 -0700 From: Scott Sewall <scott@iprg.nokia.com> To: Jim Cassata <jim@web-ex.com> Cc: Charles Quarri <randy@hackerz.org>, 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 kernelpanics during install...) Message-ID: <370BE3A1.6B1AB566@iprg.nokia.com> References: <Pine.BSF.4.10.9904071747100.9019-100000@Homer.Web-Ex.com>
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You can modify rc.conf by hand in v3.1. In v2.2.6 modify rc.conf.local. -- Scott Jim Cassata wrote: > 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 To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-stable" in the body of the message
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