On 2/1/11 1:35 PM, Yue Wu wrote: > Hi list, > > I'm trying to do something to make rc.conf can act conditionally > > What I want is: > > 1. List the wireless access points, > > grep if there is one which bssid is 'bb:bb:bb:bb:bb:bb', > > if there is, then set ifconfig_wlan0 to the value: > > "inet 192.168.1.111 netmask 255.255.255.0 WPA" > > 2. check if bitlbee has been installed, if so, then let bitlbee > service start. > > > So I tried with following settings in rc.conf, but all of them failed, > i.e., the networking can't be connected and bitlbee service doesn't > run. > > /etc/rc.conf > > if ifconfig wlan0 list scan 2>/dev/null | grep -q 'bb:bb:bb:bb:bb:bb' > >/dev/null 2>&1; then > ifconfig_wlan0="inet 192.168.1.111 netmask 255.255.255.0 WPA" > fi > if [ -x /usr/local/sbin/bitlbee ]; then > bitlbee_enable="YES" > fi > > My question is, how to achieve what I want? The simpler, the better :) >
You may want to call an external script directly from rc.local instead, to avoid breaking stuff that parses rc.conf Never know ;) It's not like rc.conf is a totally critical file that will break your startup if you mess it up... _______________________________________________ [email protected] mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-stable To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[email protected]"
