Re: [HACKERS] Location of the configuration files, round 2

2003-02-15 Thread J. M. Brenner
mlw <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I am an old fashion UNIX guy, capability without enforcing policy! > Adding an ability is different than enforcing a policy. You can push this too far, though. Every capability that you add still complicates testing and documentation, even if very difficult t

Re: [HACKERS] location of the configuration files

2003-02-12 Thread J. M. Brenner
"Christopher Kings-Lynne" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Okay, here's one: most Unix systems store all of the configuration > > files in a well known directory: /etc. These days it's a hierarchy of > > directories with /etc as the root of the hierarchy. When an > > administrator is looking for