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Date:      Fri, 27 Apr 2001 11:41:08 -0400 (EDT)
From:      Bob K <melange@yip.org>
To:        freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: secure-supfile ? 
Message-ID:  <Pine.BSF.4.21.0104271138110.74547-100000@pi.yip.org>
In-Reply-To: <200104271532.f3RFWGc27936@ptavv.es.net>

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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.

Ah, good point.  Forget the schg idea, then.

Perhaps a README file in that directory giving quick usage instructions
and man page pointers would be an idea to address the other rules you
mentioned...

-- 
Bob <melange@yip.org> | "Villain, I have done thy mother"
			- Shakespeare, Titus Andronicus, act IV, scene II


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