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authorJason McIntyre <jmc@cvs.openbsd.org>2003-12-05 23:55:08 +0000
committerJason McIntyre <jmc@cvs.openbsd.org>2003-12-05 23:55:08 +0000
commit69d788f04b7d16a45af24c6400fdf353907bed0f (patch)
tree42299dc00d3f59e17da484caf74707cd33501de4 /share/man/man8/afterboot.8
parent5396e0deef2029a78e3c809dc95304e947fb6f56 (diff)
encourage people to add in values to rc.conf.local rather than copy
rc.conf blindly, since install can now create rc.conf.local; thanks nick@ for pointing this out;
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diff --git a/share/man/man8/afterboot.8 b/share/man/man8/afterboot.8
index e734fc30296..c116f98fbcf 100644
--- a/share/man/man8/afterboot.8
+++ b/share/man/man8/afterboot.8
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-.\" $OpenBSD: afterboot.8,v 1.87 2003/11/06 12:22:10 jmc Exp $
+.\" $OpenBSD: afterboot.8,v 1.88 2003/12/05 23:55:07 jmc Exp $
.\"
.\" Copyright (c) 1997 Marshall M. Midden
.\" All rights reserved.
@@ -140,25 +140,11 @@ Set the time zone to Atlantic Standard Time:
The file
.Pa /etc/rc.conf
is used to configure the system daemons.
-Administrators should make changes to the default settings by creating a
+Administrators should make changes to the default settings by editing a
separate file,
-.Pa /etc/rc.conf.local .
-There are two possible strategies:
-Copy
-.Pa /etc/rc.conf
-to
.Pa /etc/rc.conf.local
-and directly edit the local file.
-Note: the last thing
-.Pa /etc/rc.conf
-does is source the local file.
-If you copy this file directly you
-.Em must
-remove the final line from
-.Pa /etc/rc.conf.local .
-A second possibility is to start with an empty
-.Pa /etc/rc.conf.local ,
-and add in values as desired.
+.Pq this may need to be created from scratch .
+Values can then be added in as desired.
.Ss Check hostname
Use the
.Ic hostname