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Date:      03 Mar 2001 02:14:28 -0500
From:      Don Croyle <croyle@gelemna.org>
To:        "Power JeSsIe!" <jessie@power-jessie.net>
Cc:        questions@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: /etc symlink!
Message-ID:  <868zmnl3xn.fsf@emerson.gelemna.org>
In-Reply-To: "Power JeSsIe!"'s message of "Sat, 3 Mar 2001 14:56:07 -0800"
References:  <022301c0a435$22338e80$0bd5fcd8@techasia.com.ph>

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"Power JeSsIe!" <jessie@power-jessie.net> writes:

> is it just ok to make a symbolic link of the directory /etc?
> 
> ln -s /usr/etc /etc/
> 
> will this affect anything?

I would think it might make booting the machine difficult.  The
/etc/rc.* files are kind of important, as is /etc/fstab.
-- 
I've always wanted to be a dilettante, but I've never quite been ready
to make the commitment.

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