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9.1. Hmm, where are my familiar BSD system files ? What's this /etc/sysconfig thing?

As for 2.0.5R, the primary configuration file is /etc/sysconfig. All the options are to be specified in this one and the other one (/etc/rc and /etc/netstart) just include it.

Look in the /etc/sysconfig file and change the value to match your system. This file is filled with comments to show what to put in there.

The /etc/rc.local is here as always and is the place to put additional services like INN or a http server.

The /etc/rc.serial is for serial port initialization (e.g. locking the port characterictics, and so on.).

The /etc/rc.i386 is for Intel-specifics setting like the iBCS2 emulation.

Starting with 2.1.0R, you can have "local" startup files in a directory specified in /etc/sysconfig: 

            # Location of local startup files.
            local_startup=/usr/local/etc/rc.local.d
Each file ending in .sh will be executed in alphabetic order.

If you want to have a proper order without changing all the file names, you can use a scheme similar to the following with digits prepended to each file name to insure order: 

            10news.sh
            15httpd.sh
            20ssh.sh
It can be seen as ugly (or SysV :-)) but it provides a simple and regular scheme for locally-added packages without resorting to magical editing of /etc/rc.local.

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