> [...], putting the file only under root writability is a safety > precaution too (against one's own blunders).
> There are pros and cons either way---meaning that, you are right, it > has to be configurable; remains the question of: what should be the > default? Strict or not? Hmm. For NetBSD's purposes, I think I would default to strict. The default should be appropriate for naïve admins, and that's the strict form. The less naïve admins can check the manpage and add a flag, or add a declaration before including, or whatever it is, to support whatever config they want. /~\ The ASCII Mouse \ / Ribbon Campaign X Against HTML mo...@rodents-montreal.org / \ Email! 7D C8 61 52 5D E7 2D 39 4E F1 31 3E E8 B3 27 4B