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Path: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au!newshost.anu.edu.au!newshost.telstra.net!act.news.telstra.net!psgrain!newsfeed.internetmci.com!mr.net!news.mr.net!gw.dgii.com!mpp From: mpp@digibd.com (Mike Pritchard) Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc Subject: Re: /etc/sysconfig run from both rc and netstart Date: 20 Mar 1996 22:07:13 GMT Organization: Digi International Lines: 12 Message-ID: <4ipvih$708@gw.dgii.com> References: <4i7cph$gsu@news.ios.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: engin.dgii.com X-Newsreader: NN version 6.5.0 #6 (NOV) In <4i7cph$gsu@news.ios.com> gmann@haven.ios.com (Glen Mann) writes: >Hello all. >The file /etc/sysconfig is sourced in both /etc/rc and /etc/netstart. >/etc/netstart is called by /etc/rc. Is there a reason to run sysconfig >twice? Yes. It was done this way so that /etc/netstart can be run by hand if needed. E.g. in single user mode.o -Mike