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Date:      Mon, 22 Jan 1996 12:27:22 -0700
From:      Nate Williams <nate@sri.MT.net>
To:        Paul Richards <p.richards@elsevier.co.uk>
Cc:        nate@sri.MT.net (Nate Williams), security@FreeBSD.org
Subject:   Re: ssh /etc config files location..
Message-ID:  <199601221927.MAA22649@rocky.sri.MT.net>
In-Reply-To: <199601221906.TAA09960@cadair.elsevier.co.uk>
References:  <199601221750.KAA22368@rocky.sri.MT.net> <199601221906.TAA09960@cadair.elsevier.co.uk>

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> I
> still don't like things touching /etc though.  I don't see why we
> should make exceptions for ports that install into /usr/local if they
> happen to have host specific configurations, that's something that the
> local NFS admin should sort out. You'll have exactly the same problem
> if you administer diskless machines.

Agreed.  I don't see an easy answer to this, but the current system is
unacceptable for hosts that share /usr/local.

> Now, on a related note, how about replacing rsh with ssh in our main tree.
> It's backwards compatible and rsh needs to die anyway for all the same
> reasons that ssh exists in the first place.

I'm not sure that bringing in another non-exportable piece of software
is a good thing, even for all the benefits it brings.


Nate



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