Michael Moerz <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > doing a echo "key value" >> /etc/myfile is a rather evil approach (for > reasons search the mailing list and/or debconf docu) > better would be something like: > > cat /etc/myfile | sed -e 's/key.*/key value/' >> /etc/myfile2 > mv /etc/myfile2 /etc/myfile > > ( you could do that over /tmp too, to avoid cluttering /etc with files, > but I leave that over for your imagination ... )
Be aware that using temporary files in world-writable directories (like /tmp) can be a security hazard on multi-user machines (and in some other situations also). -- Sam Couter | Internet Engineer | http://www.topic.com.au/ [EMAIL PROTECTED] | tSA Consulting | OpenPGP key ID: DE89C75C, available on key servers OpenPGP fingerprint: A46B 9BB5 3148 7BEA 1F05 5BD5 8530 03AE DE89 C75C
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