Re: query about /etc

1999-07-30 Thread Daniel Quinlan
Hamish Moffatt <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > However, the FHS only says that host-specific configuration files > (like fstab, network configuration, etc) need to live in /etc. In that > case, why do we mandate that all configuration files live in /etc? > Some can certainly be shared between hosts

Re: query about /etc

1999-07-30 Thread Daniel Quinlan
Anthony Towns writes: > OTOH, an /etc/share doesn't sound like a bad idea for normal Unix > programs, and seems much easier to run rdist on than selected > entries in /etc. I think the FHS (and thus policy) could reasonably > recommend the use /etc/share/* in this way. Unless there's some > prior

Re: query about /etc

1999-07-30 Thread Anthony Towns
(Cc'ed to Mr FHS, who I suspect's on this list anyway) On Thu, Jul 29, 1999 at 01:42:33PM -0500, Manoj Srivastava wrote: > >>"Richard" == Richard Braakman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > Richard> I think it's really nice that Debian has *all* configuration > Richard> info in the /etc directory, wi

Re: query about /etc

1999-07-29 Thread Manoj Srivastava
Hi, >>"Richard" == Richard Braakman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: Richard> But if every Debian installation should have the same values, then Richard> obviously they are not configuration files :-) Well, site specific config files, I guess. There are somesettings common to a site (nntp s

Re: query about /etc

1999-07-29 Thread Richard Braakman
Anthony Towns wrote: > I'd assume by "host specific" the FHS means on a host-host basis. That is, > if two hosts running the same version of the same OS (but with different > admins with different views on how things Should Be Done, say) can reasonably > have different configs, then those configs a

Re: query about /etc

1999-07-29 Thread Anthony Towns
On Thu, Jul 29, 1999 at 06:45:04PM +1000, Hamish Moffatt wrote: > Any configuration files created or used by your package should reside > in `/etc'. If there are several you should consider creating a > subdirectory named after your package. > However, the FHS only says that host-spe

query about /etc

1999-07-29 Thread Hamish Moffatt
Section 4.7 of policy 2.5.0.0 says 4.7. Configuration files Any configuration files created or used by your package should reside in `/etc'. If there are several you should consider creating a subdirectory named after your package. However, the FHS only sa