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authordillon <dillon@FreeBSD.org>1998-12-12 23:26:53 +0000
committerdillon <dillon@FreeBSD.org>1998-12-12 23:26:53 +0000
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Reviewed by: freebsd-current
Update manual pages for rc(8) and rc.conf(5) based on recent changes to rc.local and rc.conf[.local].
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-rw-r--r--share/man/man5/rc.conf.543
-rw-r--r--share/man/man8/rc.84
2 files changed, 34 insertions, 13 deletions
diff --git a/share/man/man5/rc.conf.5 b/share/man/man5/rc.conf.5
index bda1a07..e5fbb1d 100644
--- a/share/man/man5/rc.conf.5
+++ b/share/man/man5/rc.conf.5
@@ -22,14 +22,17 @@
.\" OUT OF THE USE OF THIS SOFTWARE, EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF
.\" SUCH DAMAGE.
.\"
-.\" $Id: rc.conf.5,v 1.24 1998/10/08 18:47:30 des Exp $
+.\" $Id: rc.conf.5,v 1.25 1998/11/15 20:29:27 msmith Exp $
.\"
.Dd April 26, 1997
.Dt RC.CONF 5
.Os FreeBSD 2.2.2
.Sh NAME
.Nm rc.conf
-.Nd local configuration information.
+.Nd system configuration information.
+.Pp
+.Nm rc.conf.local
+.Nd localized system configuration information.
.Sh DESCRIPTION
The file
.Nm rc.conf
@@ -40,15 +43,16 @@ started up at system initial boot time. In new installations, the
file is generally initialized by the system installation utility:
.Pa /stand/sysinstall .
.Pp
-It is the duty of the system administrator to properly maintain this file
-as changes occur on the local host.
-.Sh FILES
-.Bl -tag -width /etc/rc.conf -compact
-.It Pa /etc/rc.conf
-.El
-.Sh DESCRIPTION
+The
+.Nm rc.conf.local
+file may be used to override variables set in rc.conf. The system
+administrator typically uses the distribution-supplied
+.Nm rc.conf
+file and maintains local overrides/additions in
+.Nm rc.conf.local.
+.Pp
The purpose of
-.Nm
+.Nm rc.conf[.local]
is not to run commands or perform system startup actions
directly. Instead, it is included by the
various generic startup scripts in
@@ -273,6 +277,15 @@ is set to
.Ar YES ,
these are the flags to pass to it. Use the \fBinfo amd\fR
command for more information.
+.It Ar update_motd
+(bool) If set to
+.Ar YES ,
+.Nm /etc/motd
+will be updated at boot time to reflect the kernel release
+bring run. If set to
+.Ar NO ,
+.Nm
+will not be updated
.It Ar nfs_client_enable
(bool) If set to
.Ar YES ,
@@ -911,7 +924,14 @@ most secure). See
.Xr init 8
for the list of possible security levels and their effect
on system operation.
-
+.Sh FILES
+.Bl -tag -width /etc/rc.conf -compact
+.It Pa /etc/rc.conf
+.El
+.Pp
+.Bl -tag -width /etc/rc.conf.local -compact
+.It Pa /etc/rc.conf.local
+.El
.Sh SEE ALSO
.Xr gdb 1 ,
.Xr info 1 ,
@@ -925,6 +945,7 @@ on system operation.
.Xr ifconfig 8 ,
.Xr inetd 8 ,
.Xr lpd 8 ,
+.Xr motd 5 ,
.Xr moused 8 ,
.Xr mrouted 8 ,
.Xr named 8 ,
diff --git a/share/man/man8/rc.8 b/share/man/man8/rc.8
index 3054ab8..f4a4839 100644
--- a/share/man/man8/rc.8
+++ b/share/man/man8/rc.8
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@
.\" SUCH DAMAGE.
.\"
.\" @(#)rc.8 8.2 (Berkeley) 12/11/93
-.\" $Id: rc.8,v 1.5 1998/10/06 19:24:31 phk Exp $
+.\" $Id: rc.8,v 1.6 1998/12/12 23:08:34 dillon Exp $
.\"
.Dd December 11, 1993
.Dt RC 8
@@ -65,7 +65,7 @@ contain additional custom startup code for your system.
contains the global system configuration information referenced
by the rc files, while
.Nm rc.conf.local
-contains the local system configuration.
+contains the local system configuration. See rc.conf(5)
.Pp
.Nm Rc.shutdown
is the command script which contains any necessary commands
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