Date: Mon, 21 Feb 2000 10:52:22 +0200 From: Sheldon Hearn <sheldonh@uunet.co.za> To: Matthew Dillon <dillon@apollo.backplane.com> Cc: Will Andrews <andrews@technologist.com>, "Jordan K. Hubbard" <jkh@zippy.cdrom.com>, obrien@FreeBSD.ORG, freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Installing linux_base 6.1 Message-ID: <45529.951123142@axl.noc.iafrica.com> In-Reply-To: Your message of "Sun, 20 Feb 2000 21:55:22 PST." <200002210555.VAA07143@apollo.backplane.com>
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On Sun, 20 Feb 2000 21:55:22 PST, Matthew Dillon wrote:
> :As there becomes more ports around, this would simplify the job of
> :ports since we would now modify a ${PREFIX}-based file instead of
> :/etc/shells.
> I would be opposed to this for security reasons. The last thing I
> want to see are /usr/local versions of /etc/ files related to security.
Could you explain _why_? Is this just a matter of taste, or is there a
concrete security concern in play?
Ciao,
Sheldon.
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