[Cialug] Building a Server with FreeBSD 7

[David Bierce]

FreeBSD base items are in /etc/rc.d and all ports and custom packages  
should go in /usr/local/etc/rc.d.  At least that's the way is was from  
4.x though 6.x.

Dave


On Jun 8, 2008, at 2:08 PM, Jerry Heiselman wrote:

> I would never recommend putting /usr/local before /usr.  The system  
> executables should always take precedence from a security  
> perspective.  I'm not sure how you made the change to the PATH  
> variable, so I don't know why when you logged out and back in it  
> didn't take.
>
> As for the misprint of /usr/rc.d as opposed to /etc/rc.d, it must  
> have been a typo.  Is this a first edition book?  The path in  
> FreeBSD hasn't changed in any recent versions.
>
> --
> Jerry H
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