Christian Hammers <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > On Mon, Jan 21, 2002 at 01:46:58PM -0800, Thomas Bushnell, BSG wrote: > > > There is at least one package in Debian that requires you to put > > > sensitive information in /root. The mysql server package needs you to > > > have a .my.cnf in the /root if you want the logs to rotate. The > > > my.cnf contains the clear text version of the root password to the > > > database. > > > > This is a bug. The file should be in /etc (if, as it sounds like, > > it's a system-wide configuration file). > It is not (a system wide configuration file) but at least in recent > versions you can archive the needed functionality by creating a "debian" > system user with sufficent privileges. This is planned but I though I > implement it after the next freeze (well err, that's what I though half a > year ago, probably the main freeze is far enough away to change it before > testing will be released)
What? If it's a way to get "the logs" to rotate, that sure sounds like a system-wide option. If it's a root password to a system-wide database, then that's also a system-wide option. I don't know what "archive the needed functionality" means. If these are system-wide options, they belong in /etc. They do not belong in ~root, and they do not belong in ~debian. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
