From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Wed Aug 30 13:25:43 2006 Return-Path: X-Original-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 290B416A4DD for ; Wed, 30 Aug 2006 13:25:43 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from obrieng@nm.cbc.ca) Received: from mail02.nm.cbc.ca (mail02.nm.cbc.ca [159.33.1.172]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 51AD143D46 for ; Wed, 30 Aug 2006 13:25:00 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from obrieng@nm.cbc.ca) Received: from hub.cbc.ca (hub.nm.cbc.ca [192.168.1.119]) by mail02.nm.cbc.ca (Postfix) with ESMTP id 4675927380F for ; Wed, 30 Aug 2006 09:24:45 -0400 (EDT) Received: from localhost (localhost.cbc.ca [127.0.0.1]) by hub.cbc.ca (Postfix) with ESMTP id 226F76A47D for ; Wed, 30 Aug 2006 09:24:45 -0400 (EDT) Received: from hub.cbc.ca ([127.0.0.1]) by localhost (hub.cbc.ca [127.0.0.1]) (amavisd-new, port 10024) with LMTP id 68326-01-3 for ; Wed, 30 Aug 2006 09:24:44 -0400 (EDT) Received: from [1.151.32.18] (intd.cbc.ca [159.33.1.75]) by hub.cbc.ca (Postfix) with ESMTP id 49E526A47A for ; Wed, 30 Aug 2006 09:24:44 -0400 (EDT) Message-ID: <44F5919B.4050701@nm.cbc.ca> Date: Wed, 30 Aug 2006 09:24:43 -0400 From: Gabriel O'Brien User-Agent: Thunderbird 1.5.0.5 (X11/20060828) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org References: <20060830033859.R53222@prime.gushi.org> In-Reply-To: <20060830033859.R53222@prime.gushi.org> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Virus-Scanned: by amavisd-new at hub.cbc.ca Subject: Re: include format for /etc/rc.conf X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Wed, 30 Aug 2006 13:25:43 -0000 You might want to look at /etc/rc.conf.local, though I would consider just writing a script to handle what you want to do since rc.conf.local isn't really the FreeBSD way, seems to be more of an OpenBSD approach. See: 'man rc' cheers, Gabriel -- Gabriel O'Brien IT Analyst, MPS-EN-CBC.ca w: 416-205-8740 m: 416-996-5679 Dan Mahoney, System Admin wrote: > Hey all, > > Are there any supported formats for INCLUDES in /etc/rc.conf such that I > can drop default configs into /etc/rc.conf and then have files in a > certain directory (ala includerc) override them? Basically, I'd like to > do mass-updates of several dozen machines' configs normally found in > /etc/rc.conf, but then have per-machine configs (like hostnames) elsewhere. > > -Dan Mahoney > > -- > > "Don't be so depressed dear." > > "I have no endorphins, what am I supposed to do?" > > -DM and SK, February 10th, 1999 > > --------Dan Mahoney-------- > Techie, Sysadmin, WebGeek > Gushi on efnet/undernet IRC > ICQ: 13735144 AIM: LarpGM > Site: http://www.gushi.org > --------------------------- > > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions > To unsubscribe, send any mail to > "freebsd-questions-unsubscribe@freebsd.org"