From owner-freebsd-security Sun Feb 25 4:52:16 2001 Delivered-To: freebsd-security@freebsd.org Received: from flood.ping.uio.no (flood.ping.uio.no [129.240.78.31]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 3BE0437B491 for ; Sun, 25 Feb 2001 04:52:08 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from des@ofug.org) Received: (from des@localhost) by flood.ping.uio.no (8.9.3/8.9.3) id NAA59954; Sun, 25 Feb 2001 13:52:06 +0100 (CET) (envelope-from des@ofug.org) X-URL: http://www.ofug.org/~des/ X-Disclaimer: The views expressed in this message do not necessarily coincide with those of any organisation or company with which I am or have been affiliated. To: Marc Rogers Cc: freebsd-security@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: /etc/rc.firewall fixes References: <200102202005.f1KK5kv83619@medusa.kfu.com> <3A93A9CC.BC1D39FB@algroup.co.uk> <3A93C2FB.3E160997@ocsinternet.com> <3A94AE05.965BC5E4@gorean.org> <3A9526AA.19D00D47@ocsinternet.com> <3A954152.C7887C3@gor.com> <3A97A4E6.C53ECF27@algroup.co.uk> <5.0.2.1.0.20010225114958.00b10858@pop3.demon.co.uk> From: Dag-Erling Smorgrav Date: 25 Feb 2001 13:52:05 +0100 In-Reply-To: Marc Rogers's message of "Sun, 25 Feb 2001 12:13:18 +0000" Message-ID: Lines: 15 User-Agent: Gnus/5.0802 (Gnus v5.8.2) Emacs/20.4 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Sender: owner-freebsd-security@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Marc Rogers writes: > "Typically, the /usr/local/etc/rc.d mechanism is used instead of rc.local > these days but if you do want to use rc.local, /etc/rc still supports > it. In this case, rc.local should source /etc/rc.conf and contain > additional custom startup code for your system." > - /usr/bin/man This is not true. /usr/local/etc/rc.d is for starting and stopping daemons. /etc/rc.local is for all kinds of weird shit that needs to be done once at boot time but isn't directly related to a daemon with a finite lifespan. DES -- Dag-Erling Smorgrav - des@ofug.org To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-security" in the body of the message