Date: Fri, 25 May 2001 22:20:03 -0700 From: Kris Kennaway <kris@obsecurity.org> To: Sheldon Hearn <sheldonh@uunet.co.za> Cc: Mikhail Teterin <mi@aldan.algebra.com>, dima@unixfreak.org, kris@obsecurity.org, current@freebsd.org Subject: Re: mount_mfs (Re: smbfs) Message-ID: <20010525222003.A70469@xor.obsecurity.org> In-Reply-To: <91259.990800808@axl.fw.uunet.co.za>; from sheldonh@uunet.co.za on Fri, May 25, 2001 at 04:26:48PM %2B0200 References: <200105251334.f4PDYJB40172@aldan.algebra.com> <91259.990800808@axl.fw.uunet.co.za>
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--UugvWAfsgieZRqgk Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On Fri, May 25, 2001 at 04:26:48PM +0200, Sheldon Hearn wrote: >=20 >=20 > On Fri, 25 May 2001 09:34:16 -0400, Mikhail Teterin wrote: >=20 > > Why can't that program _replace_ mount_mfs? And assume the name too? >=20 > The objection that impressed me the last time this was suggested is that > it's totally counter-intuitive to have a binary called mount_mfs that > doesn't mount an MFS filesystem. Rather, it does all sorts of icky > extra stuff to achieve a rather specific goal. >=20 > I still don't see why an rc.conf knob specifically for /tmp isn't > sufficient. That's what people want this for. Others can read the > excellent documentation supplied in mdconfig(8), which is appropriately > cross-referenced from md(4), which is the manual page for the device > concerned. Logical, orthogonal and pretty damn easy, when you look at > the EXAMPLES section. :-) Someone please just fix it :) Kris --UugvWAfsgieZRqgk Content-Type: application/pgp-signature Content-Disposition: inline -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.0.5 (FreeBSD) Comment: For info see http://www.gnupg.org iD8DBQE7Dz0DWry0BWjoQKURAh/WAKDo8rtwJ0ryU60NvDHba4Yu9GxtcQCg9SyE O3wfLVwxMuiUvZiU01LZXPs= =gJDc -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --UugvWAfsgieZRqgk-- To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-current" in the body of the message
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