Date: Tue, 14 Mar 2000 16:20:04 -0800 (PST) From: "Matthew D. Fuller" <fullermd@futuresouth.com> To: freebsd-bugs@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: bin/17378: periodic(8) doesn't care about the local /etc/rc.conf Message-ID: <200003150020.QAA35572@freefall.freebsd.org>
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The following reply was made to PR bin/17378; it has been noted by GNATS. From: "Matthew D. Fuller" <fullermd@futuresouth.com> To: FreeBSD-gnats-submit@FreeBSD.ORG Cc: Subject: Re: bin/17378: periodic(8) doesn't care about the local /etc/rc.conf Date: Tue, 14 Mar 2000 18:16:53 -0600 On Wed, Mar 15, 2000 at 12:56:02AM +0100, a little birdie told me that Palle Girgensohn remarked > > >Description: > in /usr/sbin/periodic, the shell script first eat > /etc/defaults/rc.conf and then only if that file does not exist does > it try to read /etc/rc.conf. Isn't /etc/rc.conf supposed to override > /etc/defaults/rc.conf? root% tail -6 /etc/defaults/rc.conf for i in ${rc_conf_files}; do if [ -f $i ]; then . $i fi done -- Matthew Fuller (MF4839) | fullermd@over-yonder.net Unix Systems Administrator | fullermd@futuresouth.com Specializing in FreeBSD | http://www.over-yonder.net/ "The only reason I'm burning my candle at both ends, is because I haven't figured out how to light the middle yet" To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-bugs" in the body of the message
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