Re: Installing linux_base 6.1

[Sheldon Hearn]

On Sun, 20 Feb 2000 21:55:22 PST, Matthew Dillon wrote:

> :As there becomes more ports around, this would simplify the job of
> :ports since we would now modify a ${PREFIX}-based file instead of
> :/etc/shells.

>     I would be opposed to this for security reasons.  The last thing I
>     want to see are /usr/local versions of /etc/ files related to security.

Could you explain _why_?  Is this just a matter of taste, or is there a
concrete security concern in play?

Ciao,
Sheldon.


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