Date: Thu, 5 Feb 1998 21:58:56 -0600 From: Richard Wackerbarth <rkw@dataplex.net> To: Mike Smith <mike@smith.net.au> Cc: hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: boot floppy banner Message-ID: <l03130309b10039eda2f2@[208.2.87.4]> In-Reply-To: <199802060316.NAA02532@dingo.cdrom.com> References: Your message of "Thu, 05 Feb 1998 21:12:10 CST." <l03130308b1002dfed528@[208.2.87.4]>
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At 9:16 PM -0600 2/5/98, Mike Smith wrote: >The only file in /etc/ that is normally modified is /etc/motd. That depends on your treatment of master.passwd and the default locations for some of the other deamons (like xntpd) > >> The problem is that "/" has to be writeable. > >It does? Why? (I've run with / readonly just fine) When I tried it, I couldn't mount anything on top of it. Besides, I still want to be able to supply the /etc/directory remotely. That way, I can have a number of identical systems that get configured quite differently. Richard Wackerbarth
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