Date: Tue, 1 Apr 1997 09:56:55 +0100 (BST) From: Doug Rabson <dfr@nlsystems.com> To: Paul Traina <pst@shockwave.com> Cc: Peter Wemm <peter@spinner.dialix.com>, CVS-committers@freefall.freebsd.org, cvs-all@freefall.freebsd.org, cvs-ports@freefall.freebsd.org Subject: Re: cvs commit: ports/security/ssh/pkg PLIST Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.3.95q.970401095601.305B-100000@kipper.nlsystems.com> In-Reply-To: <199704010547.VAA00771@precipice.shockwave.com>
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On Mon, 31 Mar 1997, Paul Traina wrote:
>
> From: Peter Wemm <peter@spinner.DIALix.COM>
> Subject: Re: cvs commit: ports/security/ssh/pkg PLIST
> Paul Traina wrote:
> > pst 97/03/31 19:34:31
> >
> > Modified: security/ssh/pkg PLIST
> > Log:
> > Generate host key in /etc to match the port
>
> Are you sure about this? Makefile still has:
>
> CONFIGURE_ARGS= --prefix=${PREFIX} --with-etcdir=${PREFIX}/etc
>
> Has ssh stopped supporting --with-etcdir?
>
> No, but someone hacked the sshd.config file to override that, so
> it actually uses /etc. I don't know whether this is a bug or not,
> it's not a bug for me/us because /usr/local is shared.
>
> We *really* need to finalize how we want to deal with shared /usr/local
> stuff, this insistance that /usr/local is unique is short-sighted.
Wouldn't it be useful to have /var/local as well as /usr/local. Machine
unique stuff like ssh keys etc. can go in /var/local and shared stuff can
go in /usr/local.
--
Doug Rabson Mail: dfr@nlsystems.com
Nonlinear Systems Ltd. Phone: +44 181 951 1891
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