On Thu, Jun 7, 2012 at 7:29 AM, Doug Barton <do...@freebsd.org> wrote: > On 06/07/2012 02:57 AM, Gleb Kurtsou wrote: >> What do you think about adding generic support for overriding *_enable >> options in rc.conf? >> >> I'd like to be able to disable services at boot prompt, e.g. >> # set rc.slim_enable="no" -- overrides slim_enable="yes" in rc.conf >> >> Similarly rc.pf_enable="no" >> >> Then introduce x_enable knob (=yes by default) to disable login >> managers. User will be able to override this setting with >> # service xdm forcestart > > Why not just: > > boot single user > fsck -p > mount -a > $EDITOR /etc/rc.conf[.local]
I've run into _multiple_ scenarios where this isn't possible because the terminal settings are screwed up in single user mode, and had to resort to `sed -i '' `. -Garrett _______________________________________________ freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-hackers To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-hackers-unsubscr...@freebsd.org"
