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Date:      Fri, 25 Feb 2000 10:45:34 -0800 (PST)
From:      Kris Kennaway <kris@FreeBSD.org>
To:        Ollivier Robert <roberto@eurocontrol.fr>
Cc:        "FreeBSD Current Users' list" <freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG>, markm@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: openssh uses /etc (bad)
Message-ID:  <Pine.BSF.4.21.0002251044410.14848-100000@freefall.freebsd.org>
In-Reply-To: <20000225135140.A476@caerdonn.eurocontrol.fr>

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On Fri, 25 Feb 2000, Ollivier Robert wrote:

> I just saw that openssh (thanks Mark!) is using /etc/ for its configuration
> file. As the author of the "--with-etcdir" option of SSH (back in '96) and
> for the sake of consistency, I'd like to create a /etc/ssh directory and
> move everything there.

In case you hadn't already found out, Peter fixed this.

> We have /etc/ssl, /etc/mail, /etc/ppp, /etc/uucp and the ssh2 port uses
> /etc/ssh2 so it is only natural to use /etc/ssh.
> 
> BTW manual build in /usr/src/crypto/openssh (i.e. outside buildworld) is
> rather broken but I'm sure Mark will look at that.

crypto/ is the analogue of contrib/ for crypto code. You're not supposed
to build there..look under secure/.

Kris

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