Date: Thu, 30 Sep 2010 08:17:15 -0400 From: Glen Barber <glen.j.barber@gmail.com> To: dieter@schoen.or.at Cc: doc@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: A little correction for 10.1 of the FreeBSD faq Message-ID: <4CA47FCB.7040100@gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <20100930091422.kozt65xtwkwkkks4@webmail.edis.at> References: <20100930091422.kozt65xtwkwkkks4@webmail.edis.at>
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Hi there! On 9/30/10 3:14 AM, dieter@schoen.or.at wrote: > hi, > > First, I am a very beginner at FreeBSD. > I found a little incorrectness in the FAQ. > > 10.1 contains an example how to enable a service: > > # echo named_enable="YES" >> /etc/rc.conf > > In this form the quotes will be eaten by the shell and will not make > it into the rc.conf file. > Something like > > # echo 'named_enable="YES"' >> /etc/rc.conf > > would work. > > Nevertheless, it also works without the quotes. But as quotes are used > in all the other entries, it would also be good practise to add them > in this example. > Functionality should not be affected, but I agree it would be best to keep consistency. I have a patch pending approval to fix this particular case. > I do not know whether this is the right address to tell, but I am > fascinated by BSD. I have long suffered with the horror of Windows > and the chaos of Linux, but learning to know FreeBSD feels like coming > home. > Yes, for Handbook/FAQ stuff, this is the place. Glad to hear you are enjoying FreeBSD! -- Glen Barber
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