Date: Fri, 12 Feb 1999 01:11:32 -0000 From: paul@originative.co.uk To: brian@Awfulhak.org Cc: axl@iafrica.com, tr49986@rcc.on.ca, current@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: RE: Heads up! /etc/rc.conf.site is dead. Message-ID: <A6D02246E1ABD2119F5200C0F0303D10FE2B@octopus>
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> -----Original Message----- > From: Brian Somers [mailto:brian@Awfulhak.org] > Sent: 11 February 1999 20:56 > To: paul@originative.co.uk > Cc: axl@iafrica.com; brian@Awfulhak.org; tr49986@rcc.on.ca; > current@FreeBSD.ORG > Subject: Re: Heads up! /etc/rc.conf.site is dead. > > I see no problem with the `default' section in ppp.conf. It allows > the specification of defaults that can be overridden by individual > profiles. > > ppp.*.sample are samples. They are purely there to give people a > feel for what their configuration files might look like and to show > them how to achieve things that require quite a few commands - such > as playing server, doing multilink etc. > > > Paul. > > Besides, IMHO, /etc/defaults will either be abused by system > administrators or will be a poor-mans copy of src/etc. I can't see > the problems going away by using something like this. I agree with the risk of /etc/defaults being abused, that's why I think the files should be immutable so that it's *VERY* clear to admins that they should not be touching those files. If they work their way around warning signs that huge then they really are on their own. Paul. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-current" in the body of the message
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