Date: Sat, 6 Jan 2024 23:04:28 -0500 From: Juan Manuel Palacios <jmpalacios@gmail.com> To: John Levine <johnl@iecc.com> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Moving /etc/rc.conf.local to /usr/local/etc/rc.conf Message-ID: <158D9F44-5633-4B4E-A781-834574F42F67@gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <20240106214844.5B9DA7FE2A02@ary.qy> References: <20240106214844.5B9DA7FE2A02@ary.qy>
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Hi John, > On Jan 6, 2024, at 4:48 PM, John Levine <johnl@iecc.com> wrote: >=20 > It appears that Juan Manuel Palacios <jmpalacios@gmail.com> said: >> Hi everyone, >>=20 >> I=E2=80=99m new on this mailing list (though not to FreeBSD proper), = so apologies if this question has already been beaten to death, but I = couldn=E2=80=99t find any >> discussions on the topic anywhere. I=E2=80=99m happy to be pointed to = existing answers if they exist, though. >>=20 >> Basically, my question is if it=E2=80=99s possible to use something = like /usr/local/etc/rc.conf to configure stuff like services that should = start on system boot, >> rather than putting that stuff in /etc/rc.conf.local (or = /etc/rc.conf, for that matter). >=20 > The fifth paragraph of the rc.conf(5) man page appears to answer this = question. Thank you for pointing out that entry in the rc.conf(5) man page! I = guess I either didn=E2=80=99t pay too much attention to it at first, = and/or I was thrown off either by the meaning of =E2=80=9C(dir)=E2=80=9D = in that paragraph, which I can only assume maps to /usr/local/etc (but I = still haven=E2=80=99t tested to confirm that), or by the fact that you = can only use =E2=80=9C(name)=E2=80=9D configuration files inside = rc.conf.d within =E2=80=9C(dir)=E2=80=9D, rather than just a plain = rc.conf file within =E2=80=9C(dir)=E2=80=9D. So, if I=E2=80=99m I=E2=80=99m understanding correctly, that=E2=80=99d = mean that I can have configuration files (*NOT* script files, which = would go inside =E2=80=9C(dir)=E2=80=9D/rc.d) such as: /usr/local/etc/rc.conf.d/apache24 /usr/local/etc/rc.conf.d/php-fpm but not a single one named: /usr/local/etc/rc.conf So, if that=E2=80=99s correct, why the seeming deviation from what = appears to be the norm of /etc/foo, for base system configurations, and = /usr/local/etc/foo, for local configurations? That can be seen, e.g., in = pkg.conf(5), and if I=E2=80=99m not mistaken for multiple other tools. = Why would rc(8) offer /etc/rc.conf & /etc/rc.conf.local instead? >=20 > R's, > John Thanks,=
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