Date: Sat, 20 Apr 2002 11:11:30 +0800 From: Calvin NG <calvinng@brel.com> To: D J Hawkey Jr <hawkeyd@visi.com> Cc: DougB@FreeBSD.ORG, freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: /etc/defaults/rc.conf theory Message-ID: <20020420111130.C6261@brel.com> In-Reply-To: <200204200256.g3K2uOu10038@sheol.localdomain>; from hawkeyd@visi.com on Fri, Apr 19, 2002 at 09:56:24PM -0500 References: <20020419225855.E7E575D05_ptavv.es.net@ns.sol.net> <20020419181021.X18267-100000_zoot.corp.yahoo.com@ns.sol.net> <200204200256.g3K2uOu10038@sheol.localdomain>
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Greetings,
I believe when people say copy rc.conf from /etc/defaults/ into
/etc/, and go throught it line by line, they really mean,
1) copy rc.conf from /etc/defaults/ to /etc/
2) go through it line by line, deleting every line that you want
leave as default. Make changes to the site specific stuff,
like sshd_enable=YES
At the end of the whole exercise, you will get that small rc.conf
again that is tailored to your server's need.
Same applies for make.conf and other /etc/defaults/ files.
Does that make sense?
I for one can see the rationale of the new rc.conf changes, where
everything is off, and all things that are turned on is reflected
in the _ONE_ /etc/rc.conf file.
I got bitten by it, (inetd not started), but I am not complaining,
I blame myself for failing to pay attention to changes in _MY_ server.
Regards,
/calvin
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