Subject: Re: PROPOSAL: File flags (LONG)
To: None <thorpej@nas.nasa.gov>
From: Darren Reed <darrenr@reed.wattle.id.au>
List: tech-security
Date: 02/03/1999 19:43:42
In some email I received from Jason Thorpe, sie wrote:
>
> On Tue, 2 Feb 1999 09:27:43 -0800 (PST)
> "Eduardo E. Horvath" <eeh@one-o.com> wrote:
>
> > What about having a separate:
> >
> > /etc/mtree/NetBSD.secure
> >
> > and
> >
> > /etc/mtree/NetBSD.dist
> >
> > instead of separate flags? It would seem a bit more flexible.
>
> ....because then you have to maintain two files, and that's harder?
Is it ? I think once you've done the initial ground work, it shouldn't
be too hard to keep them in sync.
What if those files should be "built" from a master file ? ;)
On a related note, is NetBSD likely to ship with more than one
nsswitch.conf files as does Solaris ?
Darren