Date: Thu, 09 Oct 1997 07:04:22 +0100 From: Damian Hamill <damian@cablenet.net> To: Mike Smith <mike@smith.net.au> Cc: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Subject: Re: NFS Client option -- didn't take Message-ID: <343C73E6.2DDA173E@cablenet.net> References: <199710081852.EAA01020@word.smith.net.au>
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Mike Smith wrote: > > >From the oct 7'th beta, selecting NFS client during the installation > > didn't "take" in rc.conf. > > > > BTW, why is install modifying rc.conf instead of just writing the > > changes into rc.conf.local? > > Because rc.conf.local violates the entire purpose of rc.conf. The > default values for the variables in rc.conf are implicit in the rc.* > scripts; rc.conf is where you overried these defaults as you wish. > > mike There are a few problems with sysinstall and rc.conf though. I recently made a change using sysinstall (enabled NFS client & server) and all the lines in rc.conf had their comment appended again after the orignal comment and a double quotes i.e. nfs_client="NO" # enable nfs client became nfs_client="NO" # enable nfs client" enable nfs client I tend not to use sysinstall now and always edit rc.conf by hand. regards damian -- * Damian Hamill M.D. damian@cablenet.net * CableNet & The Landscape Channel * http://www.cablenet.net/ http://www.landscapetv.com/
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