/etc/rc.conf vs /etc/defaults/rc.conf

[August Simonelli]

On 13/01/2004, at 12:43 PM, Ted Suzman wrote:

> Stuff you put in rc.conf overrides settings in /etc/defaults/rc.conf
>
> Never modify /etc/defaults/rc.conf
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: August Simonelli [mailto:deviledog at swiftdsl.com.au]
> Sent: Monday, January 12, 2004 5:18 PM
> To: freebsd-questions at freebsd.org
> Subject: /etc/rc.conf vs /etc/defaults/rc.conf
>
> Hi all,
>
> I've looked in the handbook (and probably missed the explanation) but 
> am still a little confused. What's the difference between
> these two rc.conf files? Both affect things, but what is best practice 
> for their use?
>
> Thank in advance,
>
> August
>
> PS I'm using 4.9 and realize some things may be differnet in 5.x ...
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Thanks all who helped me on this! I really do appreciate it!