"Crist J. Clark" wrote: > > file is created in /etc; it does the right thing, if the > > symlink is read-only, though...). > > Exactly, you can't use symlinks with the passwd(1) and pwd_mkdb(8) > commands as they stand. The commands will bail when they try to create > a temporary file in /etc, /etc/pw.XXXXXX if /etc is read-only. If > /etc is not read-only, the symlinks will get removed and the files > actually written in /etc.
"it does the right thing, if the symlink is read-only, though..." That includes if it's on a read-only FS... 8-). -- Terry To Unsubscribe: send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with "unsubscribe freebsd-hackers" in the body of the message
