> > 'stats Causes named to dump its statistics to /etc/namedb/named.stats' > > > > This also applies for /var/tmp/named_dump.db, that one goes also in > > /etc/namedb. > > Guys, before we fix the manpage on this, could someone please follow > this up with -hackers? I was under the impression (but could be wrong) > that programs weren't meant to do this sort of thing in /etc (or > subdirectories of /etc) and that /var/ is the best place for them.
named originally dumped to /tmp, as far as I can remember. This was changed (due to the usual problems with symlink races etc in /tmp) to use the same directory as the named working directory, ie. the "directory" line in the named config. Note that it was the BIND developers who changed this. Personally, I don't really like to have named data under /etc, since named data changes (at least on a busy name server) and (IMHO) /etc should not. Steinar Haug, Nethelp consulting, sth...@nethelp.no To Unsubscribe: send mail to majord...@freebsd.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-hackers" in the body of the message
