Re: conffile location

1999-12-23 Thread Gregory T. Norris
Sorry for not following up on this sooner. I ran into some indications that my system might have been tampered with, so I decided that the only safe option was to take it off of the net for a few days and reinstall/configure everything. Oh well... I'd been meaning to dig a bit deeper into securit

Re: config files

1999-12-23 Thread Julian Gilbey
On Thu, Dec 23, 1999 at 11:04:49AM +1100, Brian May wrote: > Hello, > > what is the best way to > > > 1. automatically prompt the user for configuration information > > 2. store this in a config file in such a way that any customizations > the user may have made are not lost > > 3. allow for c

config files

1999-12-23 Thread Brian May
Hello, what is the best way to 1. automatically prompt the user for configuration information 2. store this in a config file in such a way that any customizations the user may have made are not lost 3. allow for changes by the upstream maintainer. If have looked at debconf, but this only see