From owner-freebsd-current Mon Jan 24 21: 5:17 2000 Delivered-To: freebsd-current@freebsd.org Received: from norn.ca.eu.org (cr965240-b.abtsfd1.bc.wave.home.com [24.113.19.137]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 1BEC4155EC for ; Mon, 24 Jan 2000 21:04:50 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from cpiazza@norn.ca.eu.org) Received: by norn.ca.eu.org (Postfix, from userid 1000) id 07A2B16BE; Mon, 24 Jan 2000 21:03:27 -0800 (PST) Date: Mon, 24 Jan 2000 21:03:27 -0800 From: Chris Piazza To: Andy Farkas Cc: freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: ascii art in hosts.allow Message-ID: <20000124210327.A591@norn.ca.eu.org> References: Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Mailer: Mutt 1.0i In-Reply-To: ; from andyf@speednet.com.au on Tue, Jan 25, 2000 at 03:03:32PM +1100 X-Operating-System: FreeBSD 4.0-CURRENT i386 Sender: owner-freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG On Tue, Jan 25, 2000 at 03:03:32PM +1100, Andy Farkas wrote: > > > What is the reason for putting a giant "Example!" in hosts.allow? > > I note that it was committed at 3 o'clock in the morning... was someone > trying to make a point? > > What other files have this type of gross bit-bloat in them? I assume it's to make sure the point does actually get across to the user, though you're right: it is overkill. -Chris -- cpiazza@jaxon.net cpiazza@FreeBSD.org Abbotsford, BC, Canada To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-current" in the body of the message