From owner-freebsd-current Wed Nov 10 6:58: 8 1999 Delivered-To: freebsd-current@freebsd.org Received: from indyio.rz.uni-sb.de (indyio.rz.uni-sb.de [134.96.7.3]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 6541314E9A for ; Wed, 10 Nov 1999 06:57:59 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from netchild@Vodix.CS.Uni-SB.de) Received: from mars.rz.uni-sb.de (ns0.rz.uni-sb.de [134.96.7.5]) by indyio.rz.uni-sb.de (8.9.3/8.9.3) with ESMTP id PAA10282652; Wed, 10 Nov 1999 15:57:57 +0100 (CET) Received: from work.net.local (maxtnt-039.telip.uni-sb.de [134.96.70.166]) by mars.rz.uni-sb.de (8.8.8/8.8.4/8.8.2) with ESMTP id PAA14444; Wed, 10 Nov 1999 15:58:00 +0100 (CET) Received: from Vodix.CS.Uni-SB.de (netchild@localhost.net.local [127.0.0.1]) by work.net.local (8.9.3/8.9.3) with ESMTP id PAA02453; Wed, 10 Nov 1999 15:57:45 +0100 (CET) (envelope-from netchild@Vodix.CS.Uni-SB.de) Message-Id: <199911101457.PAA02453@work.net.local> Date: Wed, 10 Nov 1999 15:57:44 +0100 (CET) From: Alexander Leidinger Subject: Re: "man" reads /etc/rc.conf? To: freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG Cc: olli@dorifer.heim3.tu-clausthal.de In-Reply-To: <199911101357.OAA24746@dorifer.heim3.tu-clausthal.de> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8BIT Sender: owner-freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG On 10 Nov, Oliver Fromme wrote: > Using command substitution in /etc/rc.conf{,.local} is NOT > officially supported. I think it should have always been > clear that there should _only_ be plain variable assignments. But with i4b you have to specify a username-password pair in rc.conf (spppconfig_isp0) and I didnīt want to show it to every user (rc.conf is u+rw,g+r,o+r for reasons you mention). > That's probably just because you never know which programs > try to read them. Ok, so we (root of machine xxx) have either a security hole (dial-in-passwd visible to everyone) or we have to forget the recommended way of doing it. > > Is this just my system or is man really reading rc.conf(.local)? > > I think that's perfectly legal. Yes, but is it necessary? Bye, Alexander. -- Columbus had a fourth ship. It sailed over the edge. http://netchild.home.pages.de A.Leidinger+Home @ WJPServer.CS.Uni-SB.de Key fingerprint = 7423 F3E6 3A7E B334 A9CC B10A 1F5F 130A A638 6E7E To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-current" in the body of the message