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Date:      Wed, 23 Oct 1996 13:30:43 -0700 (MST)
From:      Terry Lambert <terry@lambert.org>
To:        joerg_wunsch@uriah.heep.sax.de
Cc:        freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: root only: (was Re: comments on this change please.)
Message-ID:  <199610232030.NAA10328@phaeton.artisoft.com>
In-Reply-To: <199610222235.AAA20518@uriah.heep.sax.de> from "J Wunsch" at Oct 23, 96 00:35:46 am

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> > 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.

Actually, if my machine is a primary server, I still want to be able
to mount / read-only.  Since /etc is a subdirectory of / and not a
mount point, I*don't*want*any*local*configuration*files*in*/etc.


					Terry Lambert
					terry@lambert.org
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Any opinions in this posting are my own and not those of my present
or previous employers.



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