Date: Wed, 10 Nov 1999 15:57:44 +0100 (CET) From: Alexander Leidinger <A.Leidinger@WJPServer.CS.Uni-SB.de> To: freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG Cc: olli@dorifer.heim3.tu-clausthal.de Subject: Re: "man" reads /etc/rc.conf? Message-ID: <199911101457.PAA02453@work.net.local> In-Reply-To: <199911101357.OAA24746@dorifer.heim3.tu-clausthal.de>
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On 10 Nov, Oliver Fromme wrote:
> Using command substitution in /etc/rc.conf{,.local} is NOT
> officially supported. I think it should have always been
> clear that there should _only_ be plain variable assignments.
But with i4b you have to specify a username-password pair in rc.conf
(spppconfig_isp0) and I didnīt want to show it to every user (rc.conf is
u+rw,g+r,o+r for reasons you mention).
> That's probably just because you never know which programs
> try to read them.
Ok, so we (root of machine xxx) have either a security hole
(dial-in-passwd visible to everyone) or we have to forget the
recommended way of doing it.
> > Is this just my system or is man really reading rc.conf(.local)?
>
> I think that's perfectly legal.
Yes, but is it necessary?
Bye,
Alexander.
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