Date: Wed, 10 Nov 1999 19:48:36 +0100 (CET) From: Alexander Leidinger <A.Leidinger@WJPServer.CS.Uni-SB.de> To: patl@phoenix.volant.org Cc: freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG, olli@dorifer.heim3.tu-clausthal.de Subject: Re: "man" reads /etc/rc.conf? Message-ID: <199911101848.TAA00971@work.net.local> In-Reply-To: <ML-3.4.942251958.3403.patl@asimov>
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On 10 Nov, patl@phoenix.volant.org wrote:
>> 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.
>
> It looks to me as though the recommended way of doing it needs to
> be changed. How about putting the sppp setup in a separate script
> in /usr/local/etc/rc.d ? Or, put the script in /etc/isdn and add
> that directory to the local_startups variable in rc.conf ?
Thereīs already rc.isdn, we just have to find a name for the config file
(Iīve no problem to do it in my setup, I just want to have a official
way to close this security hole).
>>>> Is this just my system or is man really reading rc.conf(.local)?
>>> I think that's perfectly legal.
>> Yes, but is it necessary?
>
> The whole rc setup isn't 'necessary'. But it's damned useful
> and convienient. And so is the ability for arbitrary programs
> and scripts to read and easily parse rc.conf to obtain system
> wide defaults.
Sorry, I didnīt object to the rc setup, I just want to know why we
didnīt use manpath.config (yes, "man_locales" isnīt realy a
path-specifier, but itīs relatet to man & localized man-pages which are
stored in īManPathElementī/LocalePart/).
And I didnīt say it has to be changed (but we have to change the startup
of i4b).
Bye,
Alexander.
--
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