Bug 23494
| Summary: | extraneous files in /etc | ||
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| Product: | Base System | Reporter: | rdm <rdm> |
| Component: | misc | Assignee: | freebsd-bugs (Nobody) <bugs> |
| Status: | Closed FIXED | ||
| Severity: | Affects Only Me | ||
| Priority: | Normal | ||
| Version: | Unspecified | ||
| Hardware: | Any | ||
| OS: | Any | ||
Here are a few more, as long as I'm on a roll...
I fully realize that history, politics, and such
may keep most of these changes from happening,
but I thought I should mention the possibilities
I see, if only for completeness...
/etc/{modems,phones,remote} should be in /etc/tip.
/etc/{master.passwd,passwd,pwd.db,pwd.db.tmp,
spwd.db,spwd.db.tmp} could be in /etc/password.
/etc/{networks,protocols} could be in /etc/internet.
/etc/rc.* and start_if.* could be in /etc/rc.
/etc/resolv.conf could be in /etc/namedb.
-r
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State Changed From-To: open->closed Thank you for your suggestions, however the costs entailed in an undertaking of this magnitude far outweigh the benefits. |
In looking over /etc, I noticed several files that really should be moved. aliases* should be in /etc/mail. dumpdates should be in /var/log. ftp{chroot,hosts,motd,users,welcome} should be in /etc/ftp. I could argue for rc* being in /etc/rc, but I can't see that happening soon (:-). Fix: move the files; update the appropriate programs and docs How-To-Repeat: ls /etc