> 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 own host names. I think some > very basic information identifying a host should be kept in its own > place: You can do this trivially. Put the data in /etc/rc.conf.site, and include it at the end of /etc/rc.conf. rc.conf then contains per-system configuration information, and rc.conf.site can be rdist'ed around. -- \\ Sometimes you're ahead, \\ Mike Smith \\ sometimes you're behind. \\ m...@smith.net.au \\ The race is long, and in the \\ msm...@freebsd.org \\ end it's only with yourself. \\ msm...@cdrom.com To Unsubscribe: send mail to majord...@freebsd.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-current" in the body of the message
