Date: Sat, 6 Jan 2024 14:58:11 -0500 From: Juan Manuel Palacios <jmpalacios@gmail.com> To: "freebsd-questions@freebsd.org" <freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.org> Subject: Moving /etc/rc.conf.local to /usr/local/etc/rc.conf Message-ID: <1C01310F-7F1E-49D8-B480-1BEAA9EFF809@gmail.com>
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Hi everyone, 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. 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). And the context = of my question is that lately I=E2=80=99ve been looking for ways to = simplify my jail management as I move through several of them for = multiple reasons (major userland upgrades, major application upgrades, = etc.), and one thing I find myself doing more-and-more is extracting all = sorts of configuration to mounts, with /urs/local/etc being one of them = (and turning the jails themselves more-and-more into disposable units). So, if I have a configs directory mounted onto jail A=E2=80=99s = /usr/local/etc, and at some point I want to upgrade that jail to its = successor jail B, moving that same mount to the latter=E2=80=99s = /usr/local/etc makes upgrading a breeze. The only problem I have is that = this process fails to capture the configurations made in rc.conf(5). The best technique I=E2=80=99ve come up with so far to remediate this = problem is indeed creating a /usr/local/etc/rc.conf file, which I = configure to my liking, and then symlink=E2=80=99ing /etc/rc.conf.local = to it. But, other than having to remember to create the symlink in the = new jail, I keep thinking that there must be a better way that=E2=80=99d = keep my local configurations fully out of /etc. So, is there a reason why rc(8) supporting (or me =E2=80=9Cforcing=E2=80=9D= it to support via my symlink) a /usr/local/etc/rc.conf file would be a = bad idea? Or would this be a worthy enhancement to rc(8)? Thank you in advance for any help!=
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