On Mon, 22 Dec 1997, Santiago Vila wrote:
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> Kai, the discussion already ended (I think), but now that you ask, I
> would like to answer:
(As you can see, the discussion really ended :-)
> > Policy says so because they are useful to modify. What is so hard to
> > understand about this?
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> I failed to see why some people can say they are *all* useful to modify
> without even reading them. Saying "all scripts, present, past and future,
> even those that have not been written yet, are and will always be useful
> to modify" sounds a little bit arrogant to me.
It's simple: As the scripts are included in /etc, the user/sysadmin may
think that he/she can easily modify them.
If we would not like that to happen (which is not the case), then we
should place the scripts somewhere outside /etc.
Thanks,
Chris
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