Date: Mon, 31 Dec 2007 19:42:00 -0600 From: Jeffrey Goldberg <jeffrey@goldmark.org> To: DAve <dave.list@pixelhammer.com> Cc: User questions <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: How to not start syslogd Message-ID: <B98918FB-A177-4A32-A32C-205063649457@goldmark.org> In-Reply-To: <4779071A.2020506@pixelhammer.com> References: <542F8326-4A77-42AA-9FFF-CB8C6AD8756A@goldmark.org> <20071230234432.3389a010.wmoran@potentialtech.com> <3B585815-EC68-400E-901D-A594402DD874@goldmark.org> <4779071A.2020506@pixelhammer.com>
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On Dec 31, 2007, at 9:13 AM, DAve wrote: > Jeffrey Goldberg wrote: >> Yep. It was a typo. I should let this be a reminder to always >> copy and >> paste such things into email instead of retyping. > Small hint shown to me many years ago when enabling things in rc.conf. > If I want to startup ipfilter for example (trimmed to avoid wrapping). > > bash-2.05b# cat /etc/defaults/rc.conf | grep ^ipfilter > > Returns the following, > ipfilter_enable="NO" # Set to YES to enable ipfilter > ipfilter_program="/sbin/ipf" # where the ipfilter program lives > ipfilter_rules="/etc/ipf.rules" # rules definition file for ipfilter, > ipfilter_flags="" # additional flags for ipfilter > > If it looks like what you want then write it into your running > rc.conf, > > cat /etc/defaults/rc.conf | grep ^ipfilter >> /etc/rc.conf > > Then you can edit to enable, add flags, etc. Cures the typos. Thank you! That is a very nice tip. -j
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