The system
is VERY much stripped down to the absolute necessary files only.
Then it's no longer OpenBSD
It can be discussed if an OS where I delete certain files cannot be
called by its original name anymore.
Anyway, I found that cron needs /etc/login.conf though that file is not
mentioned
On Mon, Apr 28, 2008 at 01:26:47PM +0200, Torsten wrote:
The system is VERY much stripped down to the absolute necessary files
only.
Then it's no longer OpenBSD
It can be discussed if an OS where I delete certain files cannot be called
by its original name anymore.
Anyway, I found that
Torsten [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
Anyway, I found that cron needs /etc/login.conf though that file is
not mentioned in any documentation.
That's odd. On my machines 'man login.conf' gives me a rather
informative man page.
On OpenBSD, to find something that is in fact not at all documented
On 2008/04/28 13:26, Torsten wrote:
The system is VERY much stripped down to the absolute necessary files
only.
Then it's no longer OpenBSD
It can be discussed if an OS where I delete certain files cannot be
called by its original name anymore.
This has been done to death in the
Are you serious? You break things by removing an essential, documented
file and then complain?
It's obvious that I must be dumb. I wasn't smart enough to find out that
running a program by schedule (which cron does) _must_ have something to
do with the _login_ process, which login.conf is
On Mon, Apr 28, 2008 at 03:17:34PM +0200, Torsten wrote:
Are you serious? You break things by removing an essential, documented
file and then complain?
It's obvious that I must be dumb. I wasn't smart enough to find out that
running a program by schedule (which cron does) _must_ have
If you start breaking stuff by removing files without the knowledge
how things work, you should expect harsh treatment from this list.
What's next, sombody complaining he cannot login because he removed
the passwd file?
Without any irony: I'm sorry if I didn't make things clear enough! The
On Mon, Apr 28, 2008 at 03:17:34PM +0200, Torsten wrote:
Are you serious? You break things by removing an essential, documented
file and then complain?
It's obvious that I must be dumb. I wasn't smart enough to find out that
running a program by schedule (which cron does) _must_ have
Yes, it is *totally* obvious if you actually know what you're doing.
Well, I didn't say I know exactly what I'm doing. If everybody always
knew exactly what they're doing, this ML would be obsolete, wouldn't it?
Thanks a lot for your explanations (no irony! I've learned from it!)!!!
That
Torsten wrote on Mon, Apr 28, 2008 at 04:42:09PM +0200:
If everybody always knew exactly what they're doing,
this ML would be obsolete, wouldn't it?
No. Knowledge does not obsolete communication.
Quite to the contrary, knowledge helps communication.
Why would you read this ML if not to help
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