Julian Elischer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > I have just gone through the process of upgrading or installing several > hundred machines, and Thst includes altering or editing many config > files in /etc. I like the way that rc.conf > is handled, in that defaults/rc.comf can be updated and only the > local changes live in r.conf. I wish that more files had this > capability. > For example syslogd.conf or newsyslog.conf are updated between releases > but they are also prime candidates for local additions. > What would be really cool is if more config files could > do 'includes' so that you could have a syslogd.local.conf > wher eall your local entries could be. In addition you could make it > look in /usr/local/etc/syslogd.conf for loging requirments for > packages.
Why not making it simple on yourself and use CPP. /etc/defaults/syslog.global.conf: #ifndef SECURITY security.* /nfs/log/security #endif #ifndef MAIL mail.info /nfs/log/maillog #endif /etc/syslog.local.conf: #define SECURITY security.* /var/log/security #include "/etc/defaults/syslog.global.conf" /etc/rc.d/syslogd (or similar): +# Preprocess syslog.conf +cpp /etc/syslog.local.conf -o /etc/syslog.conf + Unix has *so* many text processing tools, I don't see why we need to bloat daemons with this stuff. Best regards, Mike Barcroft To Unsubscribe: send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with "unsubscribe freebsd-current" in the body of the message
