Date: Tue, 9 Apr 2002 12:14:02 -0700 (PDT) From: Julian Elischer <julian@elischer.org> To: Terry Lambert <tlambert2@mindspring.com> Cc: "Crist J. Clark" <cjc@FreeBSD.ORG>, Dan Nelson <dnelson@allantgroup.com>, Michael Smith <msmith@FreeBSD.ORG>, Doug White <dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu>, =?iso-8859-1?Q?Pawe=B3?= Jakub Dawidek <nick@garage.freebsd.pl>, freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Hardlinks... Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.4.21.0204091210120.57350-100000@InterJet.elischer.org> In-Reply-To: <3CB2AA31.2DD9E44E@mindspring.com>
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On Tue, 9 Apr 2002, Terry Lambert wrote: > "Crist J. Clark" wrote: > > On Mon, Apr 08, 2002 at 09:13:12PM -0700, Terry Lambert wrote: > > [snip] > > It depends. If this is a truly multiuser environment, then > you are probably getting your authentication from NIX or RADIUS. > > It's really arguable that /etc should be a nullfs mount off of > somewhere else and/or variable information belongs in "var" or > some other place... > > Sun has been able to do this since 1988 or so (at least). > As terry knows of course, the Interjet had the following /etc/symlinks: (excuse linewrap) lrwxrwxrwx 1 root wheel 20 Mr 28 2001 crontab@ -> /writable/system/crontab lrwxrwxrwx 1 root wheel 18 Mr 28 2001 group@ -> /writable/system/group lrwxrwxrwx 1 root wheel 22 Mr 28 2001 localtime@ -> /writable/system/localtime lrwxrwxrwx 1 root wheel 3 Mr 28 2001 malloc.conf@ -> >>A lrwxrwxrwx 1 root wheel 26 Mr 28 2001 master.passwd@ -> /writable/system/master.passwd lrwxrwxrwx 1 root wheel 19 Mr 28 2001 pwd.db@ -> /writable/system/pwd.db lrwxrwxrwx 1 root wheel 28 Mr 28 2001 resolv.conf@ -> /writable/server/dns/resolv.conf lrwxrwxrwx 1 root wheel 31 Mr 28 2001 sendmail.cf@ -> /writable/mail/sendmail/sendmail.cf lrwxrwxrwx 1 root wheel 20 Mr 28 2001 spwd.db@ -> /writable/system/spwd.db the single root+usr partition is mounted read-only. > -- Terry > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-hackers" in the body of the message > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-hackers" in the body of the message
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