on 07/06/2012 17:29 Doug Barton said the following: > 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] >
Ah, right. Why provide a way to do something using one command at one prompt (or even toggling a menu option using a single keystroke) when you can already do the same using multiple commands at multiple places (and also trying to not forget to undo your changes later)... -- Andriy Gapon _______________________________________________ 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"
