Chris Francy <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:

> There is at least one package in Debian that requires you to put
> sensitive information in /root.  The mysql server package needs you to
> have a .my.cnf in the /root if you want the logs to rotate.  The
> my.cnf contains the clear text version of the root password to the
> database.

This is a bug.  The file should be in /etc (if, as it sounds like,
it's a system-wide configuration file).


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