Date: Sat, 20 Apr 2002 10:15:59 +0100 (BST) From: Jan Grant <Jan.Grant@bristol.ac.uk> To: Calvin NG <calvinng@brel.com> Cc: D J Hawkey Jr <hawkeyd@visi.com>, DougB <DougB@FreeBSD.ORG>, freebsd-stable <freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: Re: /etc/defaults/rc.conf theory Message-ID: <Pine.GSO.4.44.0204201010170.5009-100000@mail.ilrt.bris.ac.uk> In-Reply-To: <20020420111130.C6261@brel.com>
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On Sat, 20 Apr 2002, Calvin NG wrote: > 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? Yes; however, I'd rather do this once at install time than after every buildworld. > 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. It seems reasonable. But to do it out of the blue breaks the POLA; there should have been a louder heads-up. We've now had one, and the sendmail defaults that were "on" in 4-stable are back, and I hope this will be reflected in UPDATING then forgotten about. > 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. Maybe (I always review changes with mergemaster), but it's a reasonable assumption that existing default switches stay the same along a -stable track, so don't "blame" yourself too much. -- jan grant, ILRT, University of Bristol. http://www.ilrt.bris.ac.uk/ Tel +44(0)117 9287088 Fax +44 (0)117 9287112 RFC822 jan.grant@bris.ac.uk "...perl has been dead for more than 4 years." - Abigail in the Monastery To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-stable" in the body of the message
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