From nobody Sat Jan 06 21:48:44 2024 X-Original-To: freebsd-questions@mlmmj.nyi.freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2610:1c1:1:606c::19:1]) by mlmmj.nyi.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 4T6v8t6SHYz55ZFZ for ; Sat, 6 Jan 2024 21:48:46 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from johnl@iecc.com) Received: from gal.iecc.com (gal.iecc.com [IPv6:2001:470:1f07:1126:0:43:6f73:7461]) (using TLSv1.3 with cipher TLS_AES_256_GCM_SHA384 (256/256 bits) key-exchange X25519 server-signature RSA-PSS (4096 bits) server-digest SHA256 client-signature RSA-PSS (2048 bits) client-digest SHA256) (Client CN "gal.iecc.com", Issuer "Let's Encrypt Authority X3" (not verified)) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 4T6v8t4R8Wz4Gnr for ; Sat, 6 Jan 2024 21:48:46 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from johnl@iecc.com) Authentication-Results: mx1.freebsd.org; none Received: (qmail 28136 invoked from network); 6 Jan 2024 21:48:45 -0000 DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed; d=iecc.com; h=date:message-id:from:to:cc:subject:in-reply-to:mime-version:content-type:content-transfer-encoding:cleverness; s=6de46599cabc.k2401; bh=tJJKFNB0njPVp70qNxUgo/JtpP7EBV6nBwgDLx4DbeY=; b=kRhtanBMyYeGA/bLyKceLGy4CdIXjTA3NIvQU5W0M+4yqUbdg6Vie1MAiTqZ009OwRMcIg9FT/tnVmp9y5ecH0ceWyBH14QIB1+DBQG+zVkRC8FchHsaNEvwFUs2KpPtFgV6BIw2G5jw74kvpNw/ZqF2cF5gxo9JPxnL8nkKwKQmj8cwA6PRcXYQsozR4zuxGMJKzY5bhcaT9pqhqFgXxJQusQQmFKBvh9k/LcD6HxsmhL3ZuM2rj+CpA47xOhebIzge9tFxTXZq7QiG9W3HTlLT5BvLObhMG4sq/zgh7WsJ7RwhD3oXuR84hVqqqGXAysdom0tX9IWUCrAWmBPJrw== Received: from ary.qy ([IPv6:2001:470:1f07:1126::78:696d:6170]) by imap.iecc.com ([IPv6:2001:470:1f07:1126::78:696d:6170]) with ESMTPS (TLS1.3 ECDHE-RSA CHACHA20-POLY1305 AEAD) via TCP6; 06 Jan 2024 21:48:44 -0000 Received: by ary.qy (Postfix, from userid 501) id 5B9DA7FE2A02; Sat, 6 Jan 2024 16:48:44 -0500 (EST) Date: 6 Jan 2024 16:48:44 -0500 Message-Id: <20240106214844.5B9DA7FE2A02@ary.qy> From: "John Levine" To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Cc: jmpalacios@gmail.com Subject: Re: Moving /etc/rc.conf.local to /usr/local/etc/rc.conf In-Reply-To: <1C01310F-7F1E-49D8-B480-1BEAA9EFF809@gmail.com> Organization: Taughannock Networks X-Headerized: yes Cleverness: minimal List-Id: User questions List-Archive: https://lists.freebsd.org/archives/freebsd-questions List-Help: List-Post: List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Content-transfer-encoding: 8bit X-Rspamd-Queue-Id: 4T6v8t4R8Wz4Gnr X-Spamd-Bar: ---- X-Rspamd-Pre-Result: action=no action; module=replies; Message is reply to one we originated X-Spamd-Result: default: False [-4.00 / 15.00]; REPLY(-4.00)[]; ASN(0.00)[asn:6939, ipnet:2001:470::/32, country:US] It appears that Juan Manuel Palacios said: >Hi everyone, > >I’m new on this mailing list (though not to FreeBSD proper), so apologies if this question has already been beaten to death, but I couldn’t find any >discussions on the topic anywhere. I’m happy to be pointed to existing answers if they exist, though. > >Basically, my question is if it’s possible to use something like /usr/local/etc/rc.conf to configure stuff like services that should start on system boot, >rather than putting that stuff in /etc/rc.conf.local (or /etc/rc.conf, for that matter). The fifth paragraph of the rc.conf(5) man page appears to answer this question. R's, John