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Date:      Fri, 27 Apr 2001 08:32:15 -0700
From:      "Kevin Oberman" <oberman@es.net>
To:        Bob K <melange@yip.org>
Cc:        freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: secure-supfile ? 
Message-ID:  <200104271532.f3RFWGc27936@ptavv.es.net>
In-Reply-To: Your message of "Fri, 27 Apr 2001 11:12:44 EDT." <Pine.BSF.4.21.0104271109570.74547-100000@pi.yip.org> 

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> Date: Fri, 27 Apr 2001 11:12:44 -0400 (EDT)
> From: Bob K <melange@yip.org>
> Sender: owner-freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG
> 
> On Fri, 27 Apr 2001, Kevin Oberman wrote:
> 
> > Rules for files in /etc/defaults:
> > 1. Don't ever modify these files!
> 
> Just to emphasize this point, what if everything in /etc/defaults was made
> to be read-only and SCHG?

freebsd-questions would start getting 50-60 messages a day asking why
these files can't be edited. Making them '444' might be a good idea,
though. I just think schg is a bit too extreme.

R. Kevin Oberman, Network Engineer
Energy Sciences Network (ESnet)
Ernest O. Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (Berkeley Lab)
E-mail: oberman@es.net			Phone: +1 510 486-8634

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