From owner-freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG Fri Jan 27 00:27:54 2006 Return-Path: X-Original-To: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Delivered-To: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 4139116A420 for ; Fri, 27 Jan 2006 00:27:54 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from Mark_Andrews@isc.org) Received: from farside.isc.org (farside.isc.org [204.152.187.5]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 18B6543D49 for ; Fri, 27 Jan 2006 00:27:51 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from Mark_Andrews@isc.org) Received: from drugs.dv.isc.org (localhost.isc.org [IPv6:::1]) (using TLSv1 with cipher DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by farside.isc.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 8B4AEE607D for ; Fri, 27 Jan 2006 00:27:50 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from marka@isc.org) Received: from drugs.dv.isc.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by drugs.dv.isc.org (8.13.4/8.13.1) with ESMTP id k0R0Rg4j078232; Fri, 27 Jan 2006 11:27:42 +1100 (EST) (envelope-from marka@drugs.dv.isc.org) Message-Id: <200601270027.k0R0Rg4j078232@drugs.dv.isc.org> To: "Eli K. Breen" From: Mark Andrews In-reply-to: Your message of "Thu, 26 Jan 2006 15:57:57 -0800." <43D96205.8020304@unixforge.net> Date: Fri, 27 Jan 2006 11:27:42 +1100 Sender: Mark_Andrews@isc.org Cc: David Kirchner , freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Subject: Re: FreeBSD 6.0 - Network operations result in : not found? X-BeenThere: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Production branch of FreeBSD source code List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Fri, 27 Jan 2006 00:27:54 -0000 > Is that behaviour actually documented anywhere? > > -E- Well /etc/defaults/rc.conf starts with #!/bin/sh that should be a big clue that it is a shell script. As is the instructions from "man rc.conf" not to put commands there. The purpose of rc.conf is not to run commands or perform system startup actions directly. Instead, it is included by the various generic startup scripts in /etc which conditionalize their internal actions according to the settings found there. Mark > > Mark Andrews wrote: > >>in rc.conf: > >> > >>ifconfig_fxp0= "inet netmask 255.255.255.0" > > > > > > Which says execute the '"inet netmask 255.255.255.0"' command > > with ifconfig_fxp0 envirioment variable set to the empty string. > > > > ifconfig_fxp0="inet netmask 255.255.255.0" > > > > is the correct syntax for setting ifconfig_fxp0 to > > "inet netmask 255.255.255.0" > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-stable@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-stable > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-stable-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" -- Mark Andrews, ISC 1 Seymour St., Dundas Valley, NSW 2117, Australia PHONE: +61 2 9871 4742 INTERNET: Mark_Andrews@isc.org