From owner-freebsd-bugs Tue May 19 07:55:35 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id HAA00853 for freebsd-bugs-outgoing; Tue, 19 May 1998 07:55:35 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-bugs@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from ns1.yes.no (ns1.yes.no [195.119.24.10]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id HAA00847 for ; Tue, 19 May 1998 07:55:32 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from eivind@bitbox.follo.net) Received: from bitbox.follo.net (bitbox.follo.net [195.204.143.218]) by ns1.yes.no (8.8.7/8.8.7) with ESMTP id OAA29550; Tue, 19 May 1998 14:55:28 GMT Received: (from eivind@localhost) by bitbox.follo.net (8.8.8/8.8.6) id QAA28097; Tue, 19 May 1998 16:55:27 +0200 (MET DST) Message-ID: <19980519165526.43763@follo.net> Date: Tue, 19 May 1998 16:55:26 +0200 From: Eivind Eklund To: Garrett Wollman Cc: freebsd-bugs@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: bin/6653 References: <199805191310.GAA28279@freefall.freebsd.org> <199805191453.KAA20305@khavrinen.lcs.mit.edu> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Mailer: Mutt 0.89.1i In-Reply-To: <199805191453.KAA20305@khavrinen.lcs.mit.edu>; from Garrett Wollman on Tue, May 19, 1998 at 10:53:25AM -0400 Sender: owner-freebsd-bugs@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org On Tue, May 19, 1998 at 10:53:25AM -0400, Garrett Wollman wrote: > < said: > > > My preference would be for db: > > db/ misc. automatically generated system-specific > > database files > > though /var/tmp is probably OK, too (it is supposed to be kept between > > reboots). > > I prefer /etc, since it is security-sensitive, and someone who is > likewise concerned with security will take additional steps to secure > /etc. ... such as marking it read-only. Not too good. Eivind. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-bugs" in the body of the message