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From: Lyndon Nerenberg VE7TCP <lyndon@orthanc.com>
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Subject: Re: ssh /etc config files location.. 
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Date: Mon, 22 Jan 1996 18:07:28 -0800
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Is /etc/master.passwd a configuration file or a runtime modifiable
file?

I think the distinction is that /var/foo files are dynamic-runtime whereas
/etc files are configuration. Clear as mud? Yes. If something is missing
from /etc, the box breaks. If it's missing from /var, it limps.

There's no cut-and-dried distinction here. However I do agree that
all SSH non-binaries do NOT belong under /usr. The shared-/usr precident
is entrenched enough that this shouldn't be an issue.

--lyndon