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Date:      Sat, 26 Feb 2000 13:04:27 -0800 (PST)
From:      John Polstra <jdp@polstra.com>
To:        bg@sics.se
Cc:        current@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: openssh uses /etc (bad)
Message-ID:  <200002262104.NAA56970@vashon.polstra.com>
In-Reply-To: <wu1z5z7t8r.fsf@bg.sics.se>
References:  <Pine.BSF.4.21.0002251044410.14848-100000@freefall.freebsd.org> <wu1z5z7t8r.fsf@bg.sics.se>

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In article <wu1z5z7t8r.fsf@bg.sics.se>, Bjoern Groenvall  <bg@sics.se> wrote:
> 
> While you are moving things around you might as well move
> /usr/sbin/sshd to /usr/libexec/sshd where it should have
> resided in the first place.

No, that would be contrary to the conventions documented in hier(4).
/usr/libexec is for things that are executed by other programs.
Normal persistent daemons such as sshd belong in /usr/sbin.  Take a
look at the current contents of those two directories and you'll see
the distinction.

John
-- 
  John Polstra                                               jdp@polstra.com
  John D. Polstra & Co., Inc.                        Seattle, Washington USA
  "Disappointment is a good sign of basic intelligence."  -- Chögyam Trungpa



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