Rob Browning <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > Michael Bramer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > If this true, then we must move a lot of files from /var/lists/*, > > /var/named (and more?) to /etc/<package>/
> Yep. For example, as far as I can tell, most of /var/named should be > in /etc/named. Symlinks from /var could, of course, be provided for > backwards compatibility... I don't know if I agree with this. To start with, we must distinguish between secondary zones and primary zones. Secondary zones are really cache data, so should probably go into /var/cache somewhere. Now primary zones, which I assume is what you are talking about primarily (pun), are really databases. Should databases go in /etc? I think not. Sure, there's a fine line between a database and a configuration file. But I think zones are on the database side of the line. Quoting http://www.pathname.com/fhs/2.0/fhs-5.html: | /var contains variable data files. This includes spool directories and | files, administrative and logging data, and transient and temporary | files. My reading shows that named zone databases should go in /var/state/named. However, the existance of /var/nis and /var/yp make me think that /var/named makes more sense, and of course is in line with historical practice. Can anyone enlighten this issue further? -- .....A. P. [EMAIL PROTECTED]<URL:http://www.onShore.com/> -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
