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 previousl
On Monday, January 28, 2002, at 12:19 , Nate Williams wrote:
>> i'm not trying to be mean, but if you don't read the docs
>
> A comment in a configuration file that the user should never have to see
> is considered documentation?
no, the user _should_ making a point to see that configuration fi
Hello folks,
thanks to Ceri, Erik, Richard and Warner, who made the points, I'm
repeating here with a slight addition of mine.
In media res:
comparing defaults/rc.conf and "man rc.conf":
defaults/rc.conf:
firewall_enable="NO" # Set to YES to enable firewall functionality
man rc.conf:
firewa
> > Also, even *I* can't find answers to my questions with 30 minutes, and I
> > know where to look, so I find you statement, well, to be brutally
> > honest, both humerous and a little bit egotistical. :
>
> man rc.conf:
>
> firewall_enable
>(bool) Set to ``NO'' if you
On Mon, 28 Jan 2002, Nate Williams wrote:
> Also, even *I* can't find answers to my questions with 30 minutes, and I
> know where to look, so I find you statement, well, to be brutally
> honest, both humerous and a little bit egotistical. :
man rc.conf:
firewall_enable
> Could you please explain how the following makes sense?
>
> 1) I enable ipfw in my kernel
> 2) I do not configure it to allow by default
> 3) I reboot with firewall_enable="NO"
> 4) The firewall defaults to allow
>
> If I set the default in my kernel config to deny, the
On Mon, Jan 28, 2002 at 11:51:49AM -0800, Patrick Greenwell wrote:
> On Mon, 28 Jan 2002, Robert D. Hughes wrote:
>
> > While this will probably get me flamed to no end, users not reading the
> > docs and keeping up with advisories (sys admins are users too) is only
> > the cause of little things
Note: This was my last post on this issue as I find myself merely
repeating points that I've already made.(a cheer goes up from the
crowd...)
On Mon, 28 Jan 2002, Justin White wrote:
> instead of changing the way the system works, let's change the
> documentation. new people _should_ be reading
On Mon, 28 Jan 2002, Robert D. Hughes wrote:
> While this will probably get me flamed to no end, users not reading the
> docs and keeping up with advisories (sys admins are users too) is only
> the cause of little things like nimda, code red, and probably at least
> 90% of all the other problems
> > 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
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