Date: Fri, 3 Nov 2000 06:24:25 -0600 (CST) From: Mike Meyer <mwm@mired.org> To: Odhiambo Washington <wash@iconnect.co.ke> Cc: FBSD-Q <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: system files and version control Message-ID: <14850.44665.162326.479051@guru.mired.org> In-Reply-To: <20001103150012.M32036@poeza.iconnect.co.ke> References: <127732836@toto.iv> <14849.62966.135429.2396@guru.mired.org> <20001103150012.M32036@poeza.iconnect.co.ke>
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Odhiambo Washington <wash@iconnect.co.ke> types: > * Mike Meyer <mwm@mired.org> [20001103 02:19]: > =>Archit P Shah <ashah@MIT.EDU> types: > =>> 1) Are there good reasons to not put system files (/etc/passwd, /etc/group,...) > =>> under version control? It seems like it would be useful to be able to see the > =>> changes over time. (Not as a security measure, but as a way of doing sanity > =>> checks). > =>I certainly hope not - I keep a lot of them under version control! > =>/etc/password wasn't one of them, because it tends to be edited by > =>tools, not users. But lots of others (/etc/*.conf, /etc/fstab, kernel > =>config files, qmail control files, and so on) are there, and it makes > =>a *lot* of sense to do that. > Sorry guys but i am abit lost on this version control issue. Where do i > get more info? The rcsintro man page is probably a good introduction. Beyond that - well, a more specific question is needed. <mike To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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