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Date:      Wed, 2 May 2001 10:08:44 +0100
From:      Rasputin <rara.rasputin@virgin.net>
To:        Juha Saarinen <juha@saarinen.org>
Cc:        stable@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: secure-supfile ?
Message-ID:  <20010502100844.A25859@dogma.freebsd-uk.eu.org>
In-Reply-To: <KPECIILENDDLPCNIMLOFGEKMCCAA.juha@saarinen.org>; from juha@saarinen.org on Sat, Apr 28, 2001 at 08:30:40AM %2B1200
References:  <200104271458.f3REwoc03905@ptavv.es.net> <KPECIILENDDLPCNIMLOFGEKMCCAA.juha@saarinen.org>

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* Juha Saarinen <juha@saarinen.org> [010427 21:33]:
> :: 3. Should defaults need to be changed, create or edit the /etc file of
> ::    the same name to contain just the items requiring non-default
> ::    behavior.
> 
> It might be a little confusing to newbies that there is no empty
> /etc/make.conf file, which is probably why they go into defaults instead.
> 
> Maybe it'd be a good idea to put in an empty file, which says something
> like:
> 
> # Please check /etc/defaults/make.conf for system-wide defaults, but don't
> edit that file.

WQhy not follow /etc/defaults/rc.conf's lead?
---------------------------------------------
# This is rc.conf - a file full of useful variables that you can set
# to change the default startup behavior of your system.  You should
# not edit this file!
---------------------------------------------

I think adding a similar message in the other files
in /etc/defaults would make sense. Anyone who opens the file has to walk
past the sign saying 'what are you doing in here?' before editing any entries.

-- 
After an instrument has been assembled, extra components will be found
on the bench.
Rasputin :: Jack of All Trades - Master of Nuns ::

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