[PATCH] Overriding rc.conf in loader
Kevin Oberman
oberman at es.net
Sun Nov 4 14:46:18 PST 2007
> From: Marcin Wisnicki <mwisnicki+freebsd at gmail.com>
> Date: Sun, 4 Nov 2007 20:50:03 +0000 (UTC)
> Sender: owner-freebsd-current at freebsd.org
>
> On Sun, 04 Nov 2007 12:40:45 -0500, éå®¶æ¨ Bill Hacker wrote:
>
> > Marcin Wisnicki wrote:
> >> Hi
> >>
> >> I thought it would be nice if there was a way to override rc.conf
> >> variables during boot. Proposed patch implements this using kenv.
> >>
> >> With it, you can override any rc variable from loader.conf by prefixing
> >> its name with 'rc.', some useful examples:
> >>
> > Pardon my stupidity... but does this over-ride over rides with other
> > over rides...
> >
> > or what?
>
> Pretty much, yes. Assuming I didn't overlook something, the order of
> assignment is following:
>
> 1. suck in /etc/defaults/rc.conf
> 2. try to set $rc_conf_files from kenv rc.rc_conf_files [*]
> otherwise leave it as defined in defaults
> 3. source $rc_conf_files
> 4. source /etc/rc.conf.d/$name_of_script
> 5. for each kenv variable named rc.$var set $var [*]
>
> lines marked by [*] are added by my patch
>
> >
> > ..and if so, ISTR there may be a better way already...
> >
>
> Not that I know of.
While I'm sure many will question the value of this if they use FreeBSD
only on servers, I think it is of some value for desktops and
substantial value for laptops where the environment is always changing.
For example, I might want to change network configuration or shutdown
the Bluetooth and WiFi when flying.
--
R. Kevin Oberman, Network Engineer
Energy Sciences Network (ESnet)
Ernest O. Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (Berkeley Lab)
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