Re: a place for configuration files

2006-03-24 Thread Danny Braniss
> Andrzej Cuber wrote: > > > ... > > In RedHat and Fedora distributions all configuration files are located > > at /etc. > > I am very new to FreeBSD but I found it difficult. After installing > > desired package I have to add it to /etc/rc.conf in order to start it as > > a service and then I hav

Re: a place for configuration files

2006-03-23 Thread Jeff Fisher
On Thu, Mar 23, 2006 at 10:24:04AM -0500, Vivek Khera wrote: > From: Vivek Khera <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Date: Thu, 23 Mar 2006 10:24:04 -0500 > To: freebsd-stable > X-Mailer: Apple Mail (2.746.3) > Subject: Re: a place for configuration files > > > On Mar 22, 2006

Re: a place for configuration files

2006-03-23 Thread Vivek Khera
On Mar 22, 2006, at 8:28 PM, Gary Kline wrote: I think having a /usr/local/etc is "new" (past decade maybe), We've had /usr/local on Sun boxes since I can remember (started using SunOS 2.x back in college) and administering 4.2BSD (not FreeBSD 4.2, but 4.2BSD from Berkeley) on vax

Re: A place for configuration files

2006-03-23 Thread Bill Vermillion
: Andrzej Cuber <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Subject: a place for configuration files > To: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org > Hello Everyone, > for the last 5 years I was using Red Hat and Fedora Core > Linuxes. With the beginning of the current year I installed > FreeBSD Release 6

Re: a place for configuration files

2006-03-22 Thread Dave Horsfall
On Thu, 23 Mar 2006, Andy Newman wrote: > > but the /usr/local directory paradigm is a Berkeley thing. > > It probably began with the 4.X distribution > > It's in a 3BSD tree I have lying around. Dated 1980. I was using it on Edition 6 (and possibly Edition 5) in the 70s. -- Dave __

Re: a place for configuration files

2006-03-22 Thread Tony Maher
Andrzej Cuber wrote: > ... > In RedHat and Fedora distributions all configuration files are located > at /etc. > I am very new to FreeBSD but I found it difficult. After installing > desired package I have to add it to /etc/rc.conf in order to start it as > a service and then I have to look for co

Re: a place for configuration files

2006-03-22 Thread Andy Newman
Gary Kline wrote: > but the /usr/local directory paradigm is a Berkeley thing. > It probably began with the 4.X distribution It's in a 3BSD tree I have lying around. Dated 1980. ___ freebsd-stable@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd

Re: a place for configuration files

2006-03-22 Thread Freddie Cash
On Wed, March 22, 2006 5:06 pm, Andrzej Cuber wrote: > for the last 5 years I was using Red Hat and Fedora Core Linuxes. With > the beginning of the current year I installed FreeBSD Release 6 on > one of my servers. It took me about a week to setup the system but I > am very happy with it now. > I

Re: a place for configuration files

2006-03-22 Thread Gary Kline
On Thu, Mar 23, 2006 at 02:06:07AM +0100, Andrzej Cuber wrote: > Hello Everyone, > > for the last 5 years I was using Red Hat and Fedora Core Linuxes. > With the beginning of the current year I installed FreeBSD Release 6 on one > of my servers. > It took me about a week to setup the system but I

a place for configuration files

2006-03-22 Thread Andrzej Cuber
Hello Everyone, for the last 5 years I was using Red Hat and Fedora Core Linuxes. With the beginning of the current year I installed FreeBSD Release 6 on one of my servers. It took me about a week to setup the system but I am very happy with it now. I build most of the stuff from the sources us