Date: Tue, 19 Jun 2001 19:39:41 +0300 From: Peter Pentchev <roam@orbitel.bg> To: Igor Roshchin <str@giganda.komkon.org> Cc: freebsd-security@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: /etc/defaults/rc.conf (Was: IPFW newbie) Message-ID: <20010619193941.A944@ringworld.oblivion.bg> In-Reply-To: <200106191622.MAA66100@giganda.komkon.org>; from str@giganda.komkon.org on Tue, Jun 19, 2001 at 12:22:26PM -0400 References: <0106190918132R.00481@xyberpix.mip.co.za> <200106191622.MAA66100@giganda.komkon.org>
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On Tue, Jun 19, 2001 at 12:22:26PM -0400, Igor Roshchin wrote: > > I am surprised to see that two people in a raw gave an advice, suggesting > to edit /etc/defaults/rc.conf. > IIRC, /etc/defaults was introduced as a nice instrument of having > _default_ settings in one directory, and changes to it in a standard file > in /etc. (Approach used on other systems (e.g. Irix) even earlier) > IMHO, this makes it much easier to do system upgrades. > > So, IMHO, the Good Thing is to add lines from the files in /etc/defaults/* > to the corresponding files in /etc/ . > Below are the quotes from the man pages and the handbook recommending > this style. Absolutely. Never touch anything in /etc/defaults. Whatever you want to change, change it in /etc. For this particular case, all that's needed is: echo 'firewall_enable="YES"' >> /etc/rc.conf echo 'firewall_type="open"' >> /etc/rc.conf Note the double '>' there - it tells the shell to add to that file if it exists, and not to replace it with just those lines. G'luck, Peter -- This sentence no verb. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-security" in the body of the message
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