On Monday, January 28, 2002, at 02:44 , David Raistrick wrote:
> >>> no, the user _should_ making a point to see that configuration file. >>> if >>> they're changing /etc/rc.conf, they should be reading the >>> corresponding >>> defaults file. if they're changing /etc/rc.conf without previously >>> reading the defaults file, too bad. > > I have to definitely disagree here. The place to read would be > man rc.conf, would it not? good idea. i didn't even think about the man page. > I obviously missed the first part of this...is the specific variable in > question covered in the rc.conf man page? firewall_enable (bool) Set to ``YES'' to load firewall rules at startup. If the kernel was not built with IPFIREWALL, the ipfw ker- nel module will be loaded. See also ipfilter_enable. sounds like it does what it's supposed to. it might be named funny, and might have a misleading comment in the default config file, it does do what the man page says (although others have said the config file doesn't qualify as documentation...) -Justin White [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://justinfinity.2y.net/ AIM:just6979 To Unsubscribe: send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with "unsubscribe freebsd-stable" in the body of the message