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Subject: Re: How should I change rc.conf by hand (was Re: -STABLE kernelpanics 
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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.
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> Jim Cassata
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> On Wed, 7 Apr 1999, Charles Quarri wrote:
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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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