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Date:      15 Mar 2002 18:15:50 -0800
From:      "Gary W. Swearingen" <swear@blarg.net>
To:        FreeBSD-gnats-submit@freebsd.org
Subject:   docs/35943: at(1) config files are misplaced in /var/at/
Message-ID:  <sdk7sdcl61.7sd@localhost.localdomain>

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>Number:         35943
>Category:       docs
>Synopsis:       at(1) config files are misplaced in /var/at/
>Confidential:   no
>Severity:       non-critical
>Priority:       low
>Responsible:    freebsd-doc
>State:          open
>Quarter:        
>Keywords:       
>Date-Required:
>Class:          change-request
>Submitter-Id:   current-users
>Arrival-Date:   Fri Mar 15 18:20:01 PST 2002
>Closed-Date:
>Last-Modified:
>Originator:     Gary W. Swearingen
>Release:        FreeBSD 4.5-STABLE i386
>Organization:
none
>Environment:
n/a
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>Description:

The configuration files for at(1), at.allow and at.deny, are currently
looked for in /var/at/ instead of in /etc/ like almost all other system
configuration files.

Each file should first be looked for first in /etc/ (and then in /var/at/
for backward compatibility).  The manual should document this behavior.

This change makes the OS configuration scheme more consistent.  Also, I
suppose that many SAs prefer to keep these files in /etc/ so that the
configuration files are easier to find and back up and this change would
save them the effort of maintaining a link from /var/at/ to /etc/.
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>How-To-Repeat:
n/a
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>Fix:
>Release-Note:
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