Date: Wed, 23 May 2007 09:52:28 -0700 (PDT) From: Doug Barton <dougb@FreeBSD.org> To: Brooks Davis <brooks@FreeBSD.org> Cc: cvs-src@FreeBSD.org, src-committers@FreeBSD.org, "Ralf S. Engelschall" <rse@FreeBSD.org>, cvs-all@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: cvs commit: src/etc/rc.d hostid Message-ID: <20070523095200.I46653@ync.qbhto.arg> In-Reply-To: <20070522172938.GA77003@lor.one-eyed-alien.net> References: <200705211144.l4LBiEHY098477@repoman.freebsd.org> <200705211422.47842.jkim@FreeBSD.org> <86r6pagfic.fsf@dwp.des.no> <200705211548.46790.jkim@FreeBSD.org> <86myzygda0.fsf@dwp.des.no> <4652E88A.9080500@freebsd.org> <20070522152753.GB75668@lor.one-eyed-alien.net> <46532337.2040302@FreeBSD.org> <20070522172938.GA77003@lor.one-eyed-alien.net>
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On Tue, 22 May 2007, Brooks Davis wrote:
> I think /etc or /boot is the right place and IIRC pjd had a reason why
> /etc was right. The problem with /var/db is that's it's not available
> until fairly late in the boot and hostid is needed for non-root disks.
>
> It's worth remembering that in the normal course of operation,
> /etc/hostid is written once per system lifetime. Making diskless users
> set it up by hand or as a symlink to somewhere writable seems harmless
> to me.
That sounds reasonable.
Doug
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