Re: "man" reads /etc/rc.conf?

[Alexander Leidinger]

On 12 Nov, Robert Watson wrote:

>> >> >> (102) netchild@ttyp2 > grep cat /etc/rc.conf.local
>> >> >> spppconfig_isp0="`cat /etc/isdn/connect.parameters`"
>> >                        ^^^
>> > Calling programs from any of the rc.conf files is considered evil
>> > and it's looked down on.
>>
>> It�s there to hide login/passwd information for i4b.
> 
> But it seems like the end up as arguments to ifconfig at a later date,
                                               ^^ s/if/spp/
                                               
> where a user can pull them out of ps, /proc, etc.  The window there
> is clearly shorter than keeping it in /etc/rc.conf, but still not

It will only be in /proc (ps, etc.) at execution-/boot-time or am I
missing something?

Bye,
Alexander.

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