Date: Mon, 12 Jan 2004 22:35:01 -0000 From: "Andrew L. Gould" <algould@datawok.com> To: "August Simonelli" <deviledog@swiftdsl.com.au>, freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: /etc/rc.conf vs /etc/defaults/rc.conf Message-ID: <200401121634.56434.algould@datawok.com> In-Reply-To: <8991.61.88.6.90.1073945893.squirrel@webmail.swiftdsl.com.au> References: <8991.61.88.6.90.1073945893.squirrel@webmail.swiftdsl.com.au>
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On Monday 12 January 2004 04:18 pm, August Simonelli wrote: > Hi all, > > I've looked in the handbook (and probably missed the explanation) but am > still a little confused. What's the difference between these two rc.conf > files? Both affect things, but what is best practice for their use? > > Thank in advance, > > August > > PS I'm using 4.9 and realize some things may be differnet in 5.x ... /etc/defaults/rc.conf shows the default setttings of the system. Any overrides you want should be done in /etc/rc.conf. One of the reasons to make changes only in /etc/rc.conf is that /etc/defaults/ rc.conf may get overwritten when you update the system. I hope this helps. Andrew Gould
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