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| author | dillon <dillon@FreeBSD.org> | 1999-01-26 23:11:09 +0000 |
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| committer | dillon <dillon@FreeBSD.org> | 1999-01-26 23:11:09 +0000 |
| commit | 78e7f4e7dcd3762a6b1b323a53118b77e5dd948d (patch) | |
| tree | 7649f8ad26bedccc62efd8e08ae85bd507ef5eb7 /share/examples/diskless | |
| parent | 45c69e107b042a165ffb99f44e45b2181998ab88 (diff) | |
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Clarify documentation of 'ME' softlink.
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| -rw-r--r-- | share/examples/diskless/ME | 18 |
1 files changed, 16 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/share/examples/diskless/ME b/share/examples/diskless/ME index 2a012d1..1179d64 100644 --- a/share/examples/diskless/ME +++ b/share/examples/diskless/ME @@ -1,4 +1,18 @@ -( When templating, ME is typically a softlink to the appropriate host -subdirectory ) +When templating, ME is typically a softlink to the appropriate host +subdirectory. This softlink is different for each machine and +should not be updated by the template process. Any system-wise configuration +file that needs to be personalized is typically turned into a softlink +through /conf/ME. For example, /etc/rc.conf.local would be turned into a +softlink pointing to /conf/ME/rc.conf.local. + +On any given machine, ME is typically a link to the hostname which also +exists as a subdirectory in the /conf directory. So, for each machine you +do: + + cd /conf + ln -s this_machines_name ME + +The ME link is not used with diskless booting. It is designed for templating +where each destination box has its own local disk. |
