Date: Fri, 03 Jul 1998 12:11:39 +0200 From: sthaug@nethelp.no To: lada@pc8811.gud.siemens.at Cc: hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Variant Link implementation, continued Message-ID: <20545.899460699@verdi.nethelp.no> In-Reply-To: Your message of "Fri, 03 Jul 1998 10:53:06 %2B0200 (CEST)" References: <XFMail.980703105306.lada@pc8811.gud.siemens.at>
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> Some of you probably can still recollect the HP-UX Context Dependent Files > (I believe they are reduced-functionality Variant Symlinks) which existed > till HP-UX 10 threw them out. They offered the limited functionality which > could select the CDF file content based on process context (which was > basically the arch equivalent). This made it possible to have the HPPA and > Motorola executables in the same directory, with the same name. > > A workalike thereof should suffice for your needs. If anybody should ever consider something similar to HP-UX CDFs, I'd strongly suggest that this should only be available to root by default. (on the assumption that root users know what they're doing). At one of my former employers we had a large number of HP-UX diskless hosts, using CDFs. We saw far too many cases of users inadvertently having their directories "disappear" (and similar problems) because they had turned the CDF bit on. It was a real support hassle. Steinar Haug, Nethelp consulting, sthaug@nethelp.no To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-hackers" in the body of the message
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