On Thu, Jun 07, 2012 at 01:06:09PM +0300, Andriy Gapon wrote:
> on 07/06/2012 12:57 Gleb Kurtsou said the following:
> > What do you think about adding generic support for overriding *_enable
> > options in rc.conf?
> > 
> > I'd like to be able to disable services at boot prompt, e.g.
> > # set rc.slim_enable="no" -- overrides slim_enable="yes" in rc.conf
> > 
> > Similarly rc.pf_enable="no"
> > 
> > Then introduce x_enable knob (=yes by default) to disable login
> > managers. User will be able to override this setting with
> > # service xdm forcestart
> 
> I think that this is an excellent idea.
> 

runlevel support might be a better solution so it does not differ that
much from what other systems do and would be easy for people to grasp.

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