rc.conf.5: Improve NOAUTO configuration + tag SPDX

- Show how to start a NOAUTOed interface
- "configured" is not quite right, try to improve that

MFC after:		3 days
Event:			EuroBSDcon Devsummit 2026
Reviewed by:		adrian
Discussed with:		Antranig Vartanian <[email protected]>
Differential Revision:	https://reviews.freebsd.org/D59571
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Alexander Ziaee committed 2026-09-11 02:19:19 -04:00
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.\"
.\" SPDX-License-Identifier: BSD-2-Clause
.\"
.\" Copyright (c) 1995
.\" Jordan K. Hubbard
.\"
@@ -22,7 +25,7 @@
.\" OUT OF THE USE OF THIS SOFTWARE, EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF
.\" SUCH DAMAGE.
.\"
.Dd September 1, 2026
.Dd September 10, 2026
.Dt RC.CONF 5
.Os
.Sh NAME
@@ -1676,13 +1679,15 @@ If the
.Va ifconfig_ Ns Aq Ar interface
contains the keyword
.Dq Li NOAUTO
then the interface will not be configured
at boot or by
then the interface will not be created but not started at boot or by
.Pa /etc/pccard_ether
when
.Va network_interfaces
is set to
.Dq Li AUTO .
Start the interface by issuing the following command:
.Pp
.Dl service netif start Ar interface
.Pp
It is possible to bring up an interface with DHCP by adding
.Dq Li DHCP