From owner-freebsd-questions Sat Nov 4 18:19:55 2000 Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from phoenix.welearn.com.au (phoenix.welearn.com.au [139.130.44.81]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 1946C37B4CF for ; Sat, 4 Nov 2000 18:19:51 -0800 (PST) Received: (from sue@localhost) by phoenix.welearn.com.au (8.9.3/8.9.3) id NAA10336; Sun, 5 Nov 2000 13:17:32 +1100 (EST) (envelope-from sue) Date: Sun, 5 Nov 2000 13:17:29 +1100 From: Sue Blake To: Odhiambo Washington Cc: Mike Meyer , FBSD-Q Subject: Re: system files and version control Message-ID: <20001105131728.B7864@welearn.com.au> References: <127732836@toto.iv> <14849.62966.135429.2396@guru.mired.org> <20001103150012.M32036@poeza.iconnect.co.ke> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Mailer: Mutt 0.95.4i In-Reply-To: <20001103150012.M32036@poeza.iconnect.co.ke>; from Odhiambo Washington on Fri, Nov 03, 2000 at 03:00:13PM +0300 Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG On Fri, Nov 03, 2000 at 03:00:13PM +0300, Odhiambo Washington wrote: > * Mike Meyer [20001103 02:19]: > =>Archit P Shah types: > =>> 1) Are there good reasons to not put system files (/etc/passwd, /etc/group,...) > =>> under version control? It seems like it would be useful to be able to see the > =>> changes over time. (Not as a security measure, but as a way of doing sanity > =>> checks). > => > =>I certainly hope not - I keep a lot of them under version control! > =>/etc/password wasn't one of them, because it tends to be edited by > =>tools, not users. But lots of others (/etc/*.conf, /etc/fstab, kernel > =>config files, qmail control files, and so on) are there, and it makes > =>a *lot* of sense to do that. > > Sorry guys but i am abit lost on this version control issue. Where do i > get more info? There is an easy RCS tutorial for exactly this purpose at http://www.daemonnews.org/199906/newbies.html -- Regards, -*Sue*- To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message