Date: Wed, 23 Oct 1996 18:45:25 +0900 (JST) From: Michael Hancock <michaelh@cet.co.jp> To: Joerg Wunsch <joerg_wunsch@uriah.heep.sax.de> Cc: FreeBSD hackers <freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: Re: read only root: (was Re: comments on this change please.) Message-ID: <Pine.SV4.3.93.961023183447.13537A-100000@parkplace.cet.co.jp> In-Reply-To: <199610222235.AAA20518@uriah.heep.sax.de>
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[fixed subject, I haven't slept enough recently] On Wed, 23 Oct 1996, J Wunsch wrote: > As Michael Hancock wrote: > > > This isnt related to dev, but please move /etc/namedb back to /var/named. > > Hmpf. Nope. There's no universal ``right directory'' for this. If > your machine is a primary server, you want it in /etc, since it's a > configuration file. (/var is usually not included in dump cycles, but > you sure _want_ the original tables to be dumped.) If your machine is > a secondary server, you want it in /var. I think the named config files are variable enough to go into /var and too variable if you want a read-only root. You can come up with other ways to backup important config files sitting in /var, such as mirroring to frequently dumped partitions or ssh'ing the files to a backup server, etc. Regards, Mike Hancock
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