I'm an AIX guy and regard Solaris generally as demon spawn :) However, my Solaris colleagues have informed me that the reason for the dsm.sys and .opt files being in /usr/bin in solaris has to do with solaris packaging mechanism.
To upgrade a Solaris package you have to delete it and then install the new one. If those files were left in the usual place, they would be deleted with the uninstall and you'd lose your customisations. By linking to /usr/bin they are left alone. Steve Harris AIX and TSM Admin Queensland Health, Brisbane Australia >>> [EMAIL PROTECTED] 10/12/2003 2:55:02 >>> >Just checked my client install. Solaris client v5.2.0. > >Same thing, dsm.opt and dsm.sys link to /usr/bin/ respective names. > >Don't know why that choice was made. We never even understood why the choice was made to store configuration text files in a bin directory to begin with. (As part of our installation procedures, we always move them to another location and generate symlinks pointing there.) Steve Bacher Draper Laboratory Cambridge, MA, US [EMAIL PROTECTED] *********************************************************************************** This email, including any attachments sent with it, is confidential and for the sole use of the intended recipients(s). This confidentiality is not waived or lost, if you receive it and you are not the intended recipient(s), or if it is transmitted/received in error. Any unauthorised use, alteration, disclosure, distribution or review of this email is prohibited. It may be subject to a statutory duty of confidentiality if it relates to health service matters. If you are not the intended recipients(s), or if you have received this e-mail in error, you are asked to immediately notify the sender by telephone or by return e-mail. You should also delete this e-mail message and destroy any hard copies produced. ***********************************************************************************
