Date: Sat, 1 Jul 1995 19:52:14 -0400 From: "Danny J. Zerkel" <dzerkel@feephi.phofarm.com> To: freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org Subject: Configuration file location Message-ID: <199507012352.TAA20283@feephi.phofarm.com>
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Trying to move system configuration files out of /etc is not a good idea. Especially into /var. Next thing you know, someone will want to put fstab in /var... /var is intended for files which change frequently, like log files (thus there is a /var/adm). It is not for configuration (which shouldn't change particularly frequently). Moving configuration files out of /etc will also break far to many books, manuals and administration guides for UNIX (and UNIX-like systems). It is not worth making FreeBSD less accessible to newbies. /etc/sysconfig seems right on target so far. But, there will always be a need for rc.local... ------------------------------------------------------------ Danny J. Zerkel Photon Farmers http:/www.phofarm.com/
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