include format for /etc/rc.conf

2006-08-30 Thread Dan Mahoney, System Admin
Hey all, Are there any supported formats for INCLUDES in /etc/rc.conf such that I can drop default configs into /etc/rc.conf and then have files in a certain directory (ala includerc) override them? Basically, I'd like to do mass-updates of several dozen machines' configs normally found in

Re: include format for /etc/rc.conf

2006-08-30 Thread Jonathan McKeown
On Wednesday 30 August 2006 09:40, Dan Mahoney, System Admin wrote: Hey all, Are there any supported formats for INCLUDES in /etc/rc.conf such that I can drop default configs into /etc/rc.conf and then have files in a certain directory (ala includerc) override them? Basically, I'd like to

Re: include format for /etc/rc.conf

2006-08-30 Thread Alex Zbyslaw
Dan Mahoney, System Admin wrote: Hey all, Are there any supported formats for INCLUDES in /etc/rc.conf such that I can drop default configs into /etc/rc.conf and then have files in a certain directory (ala includerc) override them? Basically, I'd like to do mass-updates of several dozen

Re: include format for /etc/rc.conf

2006-08-30 Thread Gabriel O'Brien
You might want to look at /etc/rc.conf.local, though I would consider just writing a script to handle what you want to do since rc.conf.local isn't really the FreeBSD way, seems to be more of an OpenBSD approach. See: 'man rc' cheers, Gabriel -- Gabriel O'Brien IT Analyst, MPS-EN-CBC.ca w: