Skip site navigation (1)Skip section navigation (2)
Date:      Wed, 19 Dec 2001 08:40:03 -0800 (PST)
From:      Garrett Wollman <wollman@khavrinen.lcs.mit.edu>
To:        freebsd-bugs@FreeBSD.org
Subject:   Re: bin/32953: log-in-vain level should be setable in rc.conf
Message-ID:  <200112191640.fBJGe3n17732@freefall.freebsd.org>

next in thread | raw e-mail | index | archive | help
The following reply was made to PR bin/32953; it has been noted by GNATS.

From: Garrett Wollman <wollman@khavrinen.lcs.mit.edu>
To: Peter Pentchev <roam@ringlet.net>
Cc: freebsd-gnats-submit@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject: Re: bin/32953: log-in-vain level should be setable in rc.conf
Date: Wed, 19 Dec 2001 11:39:00 -0500 (EST)

 <<On Wed, 19 Dec 2001 05:50:02 -0800 (PST), Peter Pentchev <roam@ringlet.net> said:
 
 >  Why would they have to fix it?  This patch treats all non-numeric values
 >  as a default log level of 1; a "YUP" would be treated just the same
 >  as a "YES".
  
 If I may ask a higher-level question:
 
 Should every potentially-useful sysctl(8) setting have a configuration
 variable in rc.conf?  Is this not precisely what sysctl.conf is for?
 
 -GAWollman
 

To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org
with "unsubscribe freebsd-bugs" in the body of the message




Want to link to this message? Use this URL: <https://mail-archive.FreeBSD.org/cgi/mid.cgi?200112191640.fBJGe3n17732>