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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