Date: Thu, 4 Jul 1996 16:36:52 -0700 (PDT) From: Tom Samplonius <tom@sdf.com> To: Terry Lambert <terry@lambert.org> Cc: joelh@gnu.ai.mit.edu, gpalmer@FreeBSD.ORG, jmb@freefall.freebsd.org, jgreco@brasil.moneng.mei.com, root@friday.keanesea.com, hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: What is the best way to setup a drive Message-ID: <Pine.NEB.3.93.960704153234.12430A-100000@misery.sdf.com> In-Reply-To: <199607041953.MAA13427@phaeton.artisoft.com>
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On Thu, 4 Jul 1996, Terry Lambert wrote: > I don't think there is a problem with symlinking /etc/passwd; in theory, > it's not in use until after the mounts are done. Well, actually the system never uses /etc/passwd at all. Now, if you were to symlink /etc/pwd.db and /etc/spwd.db somewhere else, you won't be able to login if you boot single-user on a insecure console.
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