Date: Wed, 19 Dec 2001 08:50:02 -0800 (PST) From: Peter Pentchev <roam@ringlet.net> To: freebsd-bugs@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: bin/32953: log-in-vain level should be setable in rc.conf Message-ID: <200112191650.fBJGo2Y19634@freefall.freebsd.org>
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The following reply was made to PR bin/32953; it has been noted by GNATS. From: Peter Pentchev <roam@ringlet.net> To: Garrett Wollman <wollman@khavrinen.lcs.mit.edu> 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 18:41:09 +0200 On Wed, Dec 19, 2001 at 11:39:00AM -0500, Garrett Wollman wrote: > <<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? I was about to ask the same question in a further follow-up :) I, too, think that this is sysctl.conf material, at least in -current. G'luck, Peter -- "yields falsehood, when appended to its quotation." yields falsehood, when appended to its quotation. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-bugs" in the body of the message
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