On Thu, Oct 05, 2000 at 05:35:40PM +0200, Noor Dawod wrote:
> Hi Marius,
>
> I once had a similar problem. The solution was that one of the many
> /etc/rc.* (a hunch: check /etc/rc.firewall) is not properly reading
> /etc/defaults/rc.donf correctly, and this is causing mis-understanding
> in your box.
>
> The /etc/rc.firewall should have at the begining of it the following
> lines:
>
> if [ -r /etc/defaults/rc.conf ]; then
> . /etc/defaults/rc.conf
> source_rc_confs
> elif [ -r /etc/rc.conf ]; then
> . /etc/rc.conf
> fi
>
> Make sure this is inserted correctly.
>
I had a very similar experience after my 3.x to 4.x upgrade.
Only things in the default rc.conf were seen; my
/etc/rc.conf.local file was ignored. I knew it was a scripting
problem but wasn't sure where to begin looking.
Long story short, things began working after I mv'd the
rc.conf.local file to /etc/rc.conf; also adding echo's within
the file.
The idea of having a large unchanging /etc/defaults/rc.conf
seems like a major win--a stroke of genius. Couldn't we add
some minor debug features to this configuration that printed
to stdout that "No local rc configuration file found!" if
that were the case?
Just a thought; something to make sysadmin a bit easier. Anyone
using *BSD is a heavy-hitter by default; still, paving any
rough roads would help.
gary
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