A little correction for 10.1 of the FreeBSD faq

Glen Barber glen.j.barber at gmail.com
Thu Sep 30 12:17:19 UTC 2010


Hi there!

On 9/30/10 3:14 AM, dieter at schoen.or.at wrote:
> hi,
> 
> First, I am a very beginner at FreeBSD.
> I found a little incorrectness in the FAQ.
> 
> 10.1 contains an example how to enable a service:
> 
>    # echo named_enable="YES" >> /etc/rc.conf
> 
> In this form the quotes will be eaten by the shell and will not make
> it into the rc.conf file.
> Something like
> 
>    # echo 'named_enable="YES"' >> /etc/rc.conf
> 
> would work.
> 
> Nevertheless, it also works without the quotes. But as quotes are used
> in all the other entries, it would also be good practise to add them
> in this example.
> 

Functionality should not be affected, but I agree it would be best to
keep consistency.  I have a patch pending approval to fix this
particular case.

> I do not know whether this is the right address to tell, but I am
> fascinated by BSD. I have long suffered with the horror of Windows
> and the chaos of Linux, but learning to know FreeBSD feels like coming
> home.
> 

Yes, for Handbook/FAQ stuff, this is the place.  Glad to hear you are
enjoying FreeBSD!

-- 
Glen Barber



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