Date: 20 Jun 2002 07:24:27 +0200 From: Jan Lentfer <Jan.Lentfer@web.de> To: jdarnold@buddydog.org Cc: freebsd-security@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Apache 1.3.26 port Message-ID: <1024550667.2170.11.camel@jan-linnb.lan> In-Reply-To: <200206191723590704.0033D6FF@mail.speakeasy.net> References: <B936423A.2B5C%jd@epylon.com> <200206191723590704.0033D6FF@mail.speakeasy.net>
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Am Mit, 2002-06-19 um 23.23 schrieb Jonathan Arnold: > >I would consider this semi-correct, at least from my experience. The data > >directories ARE seperated out. Notice that there is a data.default and a > > I, in fact, just went through this and would beg to differ. It is not > very kind to delete a complete directory tree without any warning, either > when you install (something like "data.default *WILL BE REPLACED ON > UPGRADE*") or it should check on upgrade and not remove it if it is there. > I lost my entire web site with nary a peep, and luckily had the most important > stuff on another computer. > > Nothing, anywhere, says anything about data.default getting overwritten / > replaced on upgrade. I agree. I am pretty much a newbie to FreeBSD and I must admit it didn't even know about the data / data.default symlink thing with apache for the first few weeks, because I just always typed "cd /usr/local/www/data" and really newer ls'd the www directory (OK, shoot me :-) ). Yes, people who say "back up your data" are absolutley right. But still I think the port should have 2 things: 1) A notice on the symlink structure of "data.default" and "data" on first installation (if it is there I just didn't read it, which is NOT impossible ;-) ) 2) A warning about overwriting the default directories - like "type 'yes' to proceed". I guess that's not too much work and it would prevent people without backups to lose their data ;-). Jan To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-security" in the body of the message
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