Re: rc.conf issues: host identity vs host config

1999-03-25 Thread Sheldon Hearn
On Fri, 26 Mar 1999 09:06:06 +0900, "Daniel C. Sobral" wrote: > Last I checked, rc.conf.site was referenced in defaults/rc.conf. Has > this changed? Check again. :-) Ciao, Sheldon. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majord...@freebsd.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-current" in the body of the messag

Re: rc.conf issues: host identity vs host config

1999-03-25 Thread Daniel C. Sobral
Mike Smith wrote: > > > As a result I'm not able to create a > > site-wide rc.conf file and rdist it to multiple machines, configured > > identically except for having distinct own host names. I think some > > very basic information identifying a host should be kept in its own > > place: > > You

Re: rc.conf issues: host identity vs host config

1999-03-25 Thread Mike Smith
> The current rc.conf system doesn't seem to allow for separating out host > identity from host configuration. Just to squash this; yes, it does. > As a result I'm not able to create a > site-wide rc.conf file and rdist it to multiple machines, configured > identically except for having distinct

RE: rc.conf issues: host identity vs host config

1999-03-25 Thread John Baldwin
On 25-Mar-99 Rahul Dhesi wrote: > The current rc.conf system doesn't seem to allow for separating out host > identity from host configuration. As a result I'm not able to create a > site-wide rc.conf file and rdist it to multiple machines, configured > identically except for having distinct own h

Re: rc.conf issues: host identity vs host config

1999-03-25 Thread David O'Brien
Sorry to reply to my own email, but there is an error. On Thu, Mar 25, 1999 at 11:00:28AM -0800, David O'Brien wrote: > In /etc/rc.conf have the typical > > network_interfaces="lo0 fxp0" > > line, but don't have a > > ifconfig_fxp0="" > > this will cause ``/etc/rc.network'' to ru

Re: rc.conf issues: host identity vs host config

1999-03-25 Thread David O'Brien
> I think some very basic information identifying a host should be kept > in its own place: > >host name and ip address for each network interface > > And I like the way SunOS does it: The file hostname. contains the > machine's host name, where is the name of the network interface. In /et

Re: rc.conf issues: host identity vs host config

1999-03-25 Thread Sheldon Hearn
On Thu, 25 Mar 1999 08:41:22 PST, Rahul Dhesi wrote: > The current rc.conf system doesn't seem to allow for separating out host > identity from host configuration. Use /etc/rc.conf for host configuration and /etc/rc.conf.local for host identity. Or whatever. Ciao, Sheldon. To Unsubscribe: se

rc.conf issues: host identity vs host config

1999-03-25 Thread Rahul Dhesi
The current rc.conf system doesn't seem to allow for separating out host identity from host configuration. As a result I'm not able to create a site-wide rc.conf file and rdist it to multiple machines, configured identically except for having distinct own host names. I think some very basic infor